12-letter words containing i, r, e, n, c, s
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
- nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- noncorrosive — That does not cause corrosion.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overniceness — the quality of being overnice
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- paracentesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parascending — parasailing
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- picnic races — horse races for amateur riders held in rural areas
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- policeperson — a member of a police force.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- praxinoscope — a toy in which a sequence of images, depicted on the inner surface of a cylinder and reflected in a series of mirrors, gives the illusion of motion as the cylinder rotates
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.