11-letter words containing g, o, n, c, u, r
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
- guinea corn — durra.
- gun control — government regulation of the sale and ownership of firearms.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incouraging — Present participle of incourage.
- introducing — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- nonreducing — that does not reduce
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- 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.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- 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.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
- unconverged — to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
- unreckoning — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unrejoicing — not joyful; sad