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11-letter words containing n, a, o, c

  • hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
  • hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • hercegovina — Herzegovina.
  • heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
  • hexastichon — hexastich.
  • hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
  • high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
  • homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
  • honorifical — honorific
  • horn clause — (logic)   A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • horny coral — a gorgonian.
  • horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
  • hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
  • house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
  • hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
  • humectation — A moistening.
  • hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
  • hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
  • hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
  • hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
  • 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.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
  • ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
  • ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
  • iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
  • iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
  • iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
  • iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • icosandrian — (of a plant) having at least twenty stamens
  • icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
  • idiodynamic — of, relating to, or conforming to the theories of idiodynamics.
  • imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
  • impact zone — (in surfing) the dangerous position on a wave that is just about to separate and collapse; the falling lip of a wave.
  • implication — implies
  • importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
  • importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
  • imprecation — the act of imprecating; cursing.
  • in contrast — If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it.
  • in place of — instead of, replacing
  • inaccordant — Not accordant; discordant.
  • incantation — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
  • incantatory — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
  • incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
  • incarnation — an incarnate being or form.
  • incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
  • incinerator — a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
  • incitations — Plural form of incitation.
  • inclination — a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
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