11-letter words containing n, e, s, t, c
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- picnic site — an attractive place for picnics
- pinnatisect — (of a leaf) divided in a pinnate manner.
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- postponence — the act of postponing
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- precentress — a female precentor
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- prescindent — tending to prescind
- presentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prospection — anticipation
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- recalescent — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
- reinspected — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- reminiscent — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- rescindment — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- rescription — a reply or answering of a letter
- reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- resistencia — a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- rest centre — a place where people can rest
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- retinoscope — an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- revivescent — reviving
- reviviscent — the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation.
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand castle — a small castlelike structure made of wet sand, as by children at a beach.