10-letter words containing c, o, n, d, e, s
- eicosanoid — (biochemistry) Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones.
- endocytose — (cytology) Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
- endoscopes — Plural form of endoscope.
- endoscopic — Of, or relating to endoscopy or an endoscope.
- eudemonics — the art or theory of happiness
- exodontics — the branch of dental surgery concerned with the extraction of teeth
- gasconaded — Simple past tense and past participle of gasconade.
- gasconader — A great boaster; a blusterer.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- incommodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incommode.
- incomposed — (obsolete) disordered; disturbed.
- indecision — inability to decide.
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- inducteous — Rendered electropolar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
- introduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of introduce.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- micronised — Simple past tense and past participle of micronise.
- midsection — the middle section or part of anything.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- moccasined — Wearing moccasins.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- nanosecond — one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns, nsec.
- narcotised — Simple past tense and past participle of narcotise.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- sanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scene dock — dock1 (def 7).
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- second man — a person who assists the driver in crewing a locomotive
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- second sex — one sex considered as secondary or subordinate in role to the other, especially women in a male-dominated society.
- second-run — designating or of: