11-letter words containing i, n, s, o, c
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subincision — the slitting of the underside of the penis to the urethra, performed as a puberty rite among some tribal peoples, especially in Australia.
- subjunction — an act of subjoining.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- suscitation — the act of suscitating
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synodically — by the authority of a synod
- synoeciosis — a figure of speech in which contrary terms are use in conjunction
- synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
- synonymical — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synonymicon — a dictionary of synonyms
- synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
- tom collins — a tall drink containing gin, lemon or lime juice, and carbonated water, sweetened and served with ice.
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- tonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
- tostication — drunkenness, intoxication; confusion
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- toxic noise — environmental noise which can damage your hearing, for example in an industrial workplace, at a music concert, etc
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- unconscious — not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.