10-letter words containing n, i, c, e, l
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- ponticello — a bridge on a stringed instrument
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- princeling — a young prince.
- princessly — resembling a princess
- principled — imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination): high-principled.
- principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
- pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
- rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.
- reactional — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reblocking — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- recolonize — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- reconciler — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- red-pencil — to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
- reelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- reflecting — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- relocation — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resiliency — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- ricinoleic — of or derived from ricinoleic acid.
- ricinolein — the glyceride of ricinoleic acid, the chief constituent of castor oil.
- ring cycle — Ring of the Nibelung, The.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- saxicoline — living or growing among rocks.
- scaloppine — scallops, especially of veal, flattened by pounding and usually dredged in flour or breadcrumbs and sautéed quickly: scaloppine alla Marsala.
- scandalise — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scenically — of or relating to natural scenery.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- seducingly — in a seducing manner
- seleucidan — Seleucid.