11-letter words containing m, i, n, c
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anastomotic — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
- anathematic — loathsome; disgusting; hateful.
- androconium — a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
- anglicanism — Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
- animalcular — Of, relating to, or resembling, animalcules.
- animalcules — Plural form of animalcule.
- animalculum — animalcule.
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antiemetics — Plural form of antiemetic.
- antifascism — opposition to fascism
- antimitotic — acting against mitosis
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antimycotic — That inhibits the growth of fungi; antifungal.
- antinomical — characterized by or prone to antinomy
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- archenemies — Plural form of archenemy.
- archimedean — of, relating to, or discovered by Archimedes.
- archnemesis — A chief nemesis.
- aschelminth — in some systems of classification, any of a phylum (Aschelminthes) of wormlike animals, including rotifers, gastrotrichs, gordian worms, and nematodes: these animals are usually considered to be in separate phyla
- asynclitism — The position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal.
- atlanticism — advocacy of close cooperation in military, political, and economic matters between Western Europe, esp the UK, and the US
- atomtronics — (physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature.
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autonomical — autonomous.
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- boring clam — piddock
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.