11-letter words containing i, n, c, u, r, s
- isochronous — isochronal.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- manicurists — Plural form of manicurist.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- misinstruct — To instruct badly or wrongly.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- oceanariums — Plural form of oceanarium.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- oncoviruses — Plural form of oncovirus.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- picturising — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- 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.
- reinsurance — the process or business of reinsuring.
- relicensure — the process of being licensed again to practise a particular profession
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- ricinus oil — castor oil.
- rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
- rusticating — to go to the country.
- rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
- 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.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
- scrutinised — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.