11-letter words containing e, s, c, o, n
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neocortices — Plural form of neocortex.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neologistic — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- nephoscopes — Plural form of nephoscope.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- netherstock — a stocking
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- non-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- noncitizens — Plural form of noncitizen.
- noncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- noncomposer — a person who is not a composer
- nonconsumer — a person who refrains from using or purchasing certain resources, products, or services
- noncustomer — a person who is not the customer of a particular establishment, or a person who does not buy a product or service
- nondecision — the failure to make a decision
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nondomestic — not domestic, esp not relating to the home or native country
- nonfeasance — the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
- nonmiscible — not capable of being mixed.
- nonrecourse — (finance) Of or pertaining to a form of financing, typically debt financing, in which the lender's recourse to recovery in the event of default is limited to the collateral asset only.
- nonsecretor — a person of blood group A, B, or AB, whose saliva does not contain the antigens of their blood group
- nonselected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- nonsemantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- nonsensical — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsentence — (sometimes used in a derogatory way) a string of words that is not a sentence
- nonsilicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsystemic — not systemic
- nontheistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- nose tackle — nose guard
- noun clause — a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause.
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nucleosomal — Of or pertaining to a nucleosome.
- nucleosomes — Plural form of nucleosome.
- nucleotides — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- object lens — objective (def 3).
- obsceneness — Quality of being obscene.
- obscenities — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.