9-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jaundices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaundice.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- juiciness — The state of being juicy.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- knee-sock — a type of sock that comes up to the knee
- knockless — (of an engine, bearing, or fuel) producing no knocking sound
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- lacewings — Plural form of lacewing.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- latencies — Plural form of latency.
- latescent — becoming latent
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- lemniscal — relating to a lemniscate
- lemniscus — a band of fibers, especially of white nerve fibers in the brain.
- lenticels — Plural form of lenticel.
- licencees — a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licensees — Plural form of licensee.
- licensing — Grant a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- lichenism — the symbiotic association between a fungus and alga that forms a lichen
- lichenist — a person who studies lichenology
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- licitness — The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- lucencies — shining.
- lucidness — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lutescent — yellowish in colour
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- mackensen — August von [ou-goo st fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1945, German field marshal.
- magnetics — the science of magnetism.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manicheus — Manes.
- manicules — Plural form of manicule.
- manicures — Plural form of manicure.
- masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mechanics — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.