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11-letter words containing n, a, c, h, e, s

  • hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
  • isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
  • launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
  • lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
  • leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
  • machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
  • machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
  • macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
  • manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
  • manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
  • marcheshvan — Heshvan.
  • marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
  • mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
  • mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
  • merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
  • mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
  • munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
  • nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
  • nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
  • octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
  • on the case — If you say that someone is on the case, you mean that they are aware of a particular problem and are trying to resolve it.
  • orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
  • pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • 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.
  • parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
  • peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
  • 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.
  • plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
  • preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
  • prehispanic — Spanish.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
  • rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
  • sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • schenectady — a city in E New York, on the Mohawk River.
  • schollanderDonald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
  • screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
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