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11-letter words containing c, o, n, e, i

  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speedcoding — (language)   A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics on IBM 701 and IBM 650 written by John Backus in 1953.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
  • subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
  • supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
  • synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synoeciosis — a figure of speech in which contrary terms are use in conjunction
  • tabefaction — the process of tabefying
  • take action — act, do sth practical
  • take notice — listen, heed
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
  • the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the miocene — this epoch or rock series
  • theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • theotechnic — relating to or belonging to theotechny
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
  • tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • to a nicety — with precision
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • tonic water — drink: carbonated water
  • topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
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