11-letter words containing c, o, g, n, s, i
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- gonochorism — (biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- ignosticism — The philosophical position that beliefs regarding the existence or non-existence of God (capitalized) all assume too much, especially because there is not just one universal definition of the word
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- insectology — entomology.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- job costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- miscounting — Present participle of miscount.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- neologistic — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nonorgasmic — not involving or resulting in orgasm, not able to orgasm
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nosological — (medicine) Of or pertaining to nosology.