11-letter words containing c, r, o, s, d, i
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.
- misericords — Plural form of misericord.
- modernistic — modern.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nostradamic — of or pertaining to Nostradamus or resembling his work; prophetic
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteodermic — of or like an osteoderm
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- providences — a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
- 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.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- reconsigned — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- rediscovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcoidosis — a disease of unknown cause, characterized by granulomatous tubercles of the skin, lymph nodes, lungs, eyes, and other structures.
- sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- 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.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- second-tier — not in the first rank
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- sideroscope — an apparatus for detecting splinters of iron or steel in the eye.
- siecle d'or — the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France.
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.