11-letter words containing c, r, i, n, t, e
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- live center — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- live centre — a conically pointed rod mounted in the headstock of a lathe that locates and turns with the workpiece
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- manneristic — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- martensitic — Of or pertaining to the mineral martensite.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merogenetic — of or relating to schizogony
- metacentric — Naval Architecture. of or relating to a metacenter.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- modernistic — modern.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monocentric — Having a single centre.
- mont cervin — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multicenter — (medicine, of a study) Taking place at multiple locations.
- multicentre — Of or pertaining to multiple centres.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- natriuretic — excretion of sodium in the urine.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrotizing — Causing or accompanied by necrosis.
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neocortices — Plural form of neocortex.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- net curtain — Net curtains are curtains made of thin cloth that people hang across their windows to stop people outside seeing into their houses in the daytime.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- noncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nondirected — not directed