11-letter words containing c, o, r, s, n
- prosiliency — prominence
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- reaccession — (of a position of power) the process of acceding again
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reaganomics — the economic policies put forth by the administration of President Ronald Reagan, especially as emphasizing supply-side theory.
- reascension — the process or act of reascending
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- reconsigned — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- respondence — the act of responding; response: respondence to a stimulus.
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- romanticist — an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).
- rood screen — a screen, often of elaborate design and properly surmounted by a rood, separating the nave from the choir or chancel of a church.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- saint croix — Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scarf joint — a joint in which two timbers or other structural members are fitted together with long end laps of various forms and held in place with bolts, straps, keys, fishplates, etc., to resist tension or compression.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scharnhorst — Gerhard Johann David von [gair-hahrt yoh-hahn dah-veet fuh n] /ˈgɛər hɑrt ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈdɑ vit fən/ (Show IPA), 1755–1813, Prussian general.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner