11-letter words containing i, c, e, n
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- annunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of annunciate.
- annunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate.
- ante-nicene — of or relating to the Christian church or period before the Nicene Council of a.d. 325.
- antecubital — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior part of the elbow (cubitus).
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anti-choice — opposed to the legal right to obtain an abortion; pro-life
- anticathode — the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- anticipated — If an event, especially a cultural event, is eagerly anticipated, people expect that it will be very good, exciting, or interesting.
- anticipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anticipate.
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticulture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antiemetics — Plural form of antiemetic.
- antinuclear — opposed to nuclear weapons
- antinucleon — an antiproton or an antineutron
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antiscience — opposed to science or scientific method
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- archaeornis — an extinct primitive Jurassic bird, formerly placed in the genus Archaeornis but now thought to be a species of archaeopteryx
- archangelic — Theology. a chief or principal angel; in medieval angelology one of the nine orders of celestial attendants on God. Compare angel (def 1).
- archegonial — relating to an archegonium
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- archenteric — Of or pertaining to an archenteron.
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- arctic tern — a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- areocentric — relating to a reference system which has Mars as its centre
- arsenicated — Treated with arsenate or other arsenic compound.
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ascensional — (astronomy) Relating to ascension.