11-letter words containing c, o, i, n
- action plan — a statement of the steps that need to be taken to achieve a particular goal or objective
- action shot — a still photograph that shows someone or something in motion
- action verb — a verb, as run, think, or soothe, that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature can do, as in Close the door! or The storm is flooding many houses along the coast, rather than expressing a state of being. Compare copula (def 2), stative.
- activations — Plural form of activation.
- acumination — A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
- adaptogenic — acting to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- adiponectin — (biochemistry) A protein hormone that modulates glucose regulation and fatty acid catabolism.
- adscription — ascription
- advice note — a document sent by a supplier to a customer to inform him that goods he ordered have been dispatched. It usually gives details such as the quantity of goods and how they have been sent
- aeneolithic — Chalcolithic.
- aerodonetic — Relating to aerodonetics.
- aerodynamic — If something such as a car has an aerodynamic shape or design, it goes faster and uses less fuel than other cars because the air passes over it more easily.
- aeronautics — Aeronautics is the science of designing and building aeroplanes.
- affectation — If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
- affectional — relating to or implying affection.
- affectioned — Simple past tense and past participle of affection.
- afficionado — aficionado.
- afflictions — Plural form of affliction.
- affrication — the changing of (a consonantal speech sound) to an affricate
- aficionadas — Plural form of aficionada.
- aficionados — Plural form of aficionado.
- afrocentric — centered on, emphasizing, or showing the influence of African or, sometimes, African-American history and culture
- agnosticism — Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. Compare atheism.
- agonic line — an imaginary line on the surface of the earth connecting points of zero magnetic declination
- agonistical — relating to conflict or struggle
- agronomical — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- air command — the Canadian air force
- air cushion — an inflatable cushion, usually made of rubber or plastic
- alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
- allocations — Plural form of allocation.
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allochronic — (biology, of taxa) occurring in different geologic time.
- allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
- allowancing — Present participle of allowance.
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
- amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
- anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
- anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine