11-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monoclinous — (of a plant, species, etc.) having both the stamens and pistils in the same flower.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- monticolous — existing or having a habitat in or on mountains
- most-pontic — pertaining to the Pontus Euxinus or to Pontus.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- necessitous — destitute or impoverished; needy; indigent: to aid a necessitous young mother.
- necrobiosis — the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease.
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- 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.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- nincompoops — Plural form of nincompoop.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- noctilucous — (obsolete) Shining in the night; luminescent.
- non-clastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-viscous — inviscid.
- nonactivist — One who is not an activist.
- nonartistic — not artistic
- noncitizens — Plural form of noncitizen.
- noncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- nondecision — the failure to make a decision
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nondiscount — not subject to a discount
- nondisjunct — Not disjunct.
- nondomestic — not domestic, esp not relating to the home or native country
- nonmiscible — not capable of being mixed.