11-letter words containing i, n, s, t, c, h
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
- mismatching — Present participle of mismatch.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- 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
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nontheistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pheneticist — a person who makes classifications in the field of biology according to phenetic criteria
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- scene shift — the changing of scenes during a play
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
- shamanistic — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity