11-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cybernetics — Cybernetics is science which involves studying the way electronic machines and human brains work, and developing machines that do things or think like people.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
- cytogenesis — the origin and development of plant and animal cells
- cytokinesis — division of the cytoplasm of a cell, occurring at the end of mitosis or meiosis
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decidedness — The state or quality of being decided.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decisioning — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- deck tennis — a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court
- declensions — Plural form of declension.
- decolonised — Simple past tense and past participle of decolonise.
- decolonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decolonize.
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- decongested — Simple past tense and past participle of decongest.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decree nisi — A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- decrescendo — with a gradual decrease in loudness; diminuendo: often used as a musical direction: symbol 57381
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.
- defeasances — Plural form of defeasance.
- defenceless — If someone or something is defenceless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly.
- deflections — Plural form of deflection.
- defunctness — The state or quality of being defunct.
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- delitescent — concealed; hidden; latent.
- demoniacism — the state or practice of being possessed by a demon
- denunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denunciate.
- dependences — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.