11-letter words containing c, o, u, n, t
- nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
- nyctanthous — (of plants) flowering at night
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- octonocular — eight-eyed
- old country — the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- out of sync — out of synchronization (with)
- out-country — a remote area or region; hinterland.
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcaution — excessive caution
- overcurrent — a current of a magnitude that is greater than a limiting value, as the value at which a fuse melts.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- pn junction — the boundary between two regions in a single crystal of a semiconductor: one region contains an electron acceptor and the other an electron donor
- pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- point count — a method of evaluating the strength of a hand by assigning a numerical value to high cards and to certain combinations and distributions of cards in the hand.
- point coupe — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- pound scots — pound2 (def 7).
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.