11-letter words containing i, n, o, c, u, s
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersuit — a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- cousin jack — a Cornishman, especially a Cornish miner.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
- cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- customizing — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discussions — Plural form of discussion.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
- disjunction — the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined: a disjunction between thought and action.
- dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
- emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
- enunciators — Plural form of enunciator.
- eructations — Plural form of eructation.
- evacuations — Plural form of evacuation.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.