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

  • hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
  • hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
  • hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
  • henchperson — a loyal supporter, follower, or subordinate
  • hercegovina — Herzegovina.
  • heroin chic — the perceived glamorization of heroin and the characteristics associated with heroin addicts, such as gauntness and hollow eyes
  • heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
  • heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
  • 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-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
  • high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
  • holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
  • home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
  • home screen — television.
  • homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
  • homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
  • homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
  • homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
  • honeycombed — Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
  • honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
  • honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
  • honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
  • 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.
  • hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
  • horse conch — a marine gastropod, Pleuroploca gigantea, having a yellowish, spired shell that grows to a length of 2 feet (0.6 meters).
  • 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 finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
  • house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
  • humectation — A moistening.
  • hydrocodone — an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • 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.
  • hyperinotic — of or suffering from hyperinosis
  • hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
  • hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
  • 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.
  • iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
  • iconoscopes — Plural form of iconoscope.
  • iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • idempotence — (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome \u2013 being idempotent.
  • idempotency — the state of being idempotent
  • idiocentric — Characterized by or denoting interest centered upon oneself or one's own ways, rather than upon others or the ways of others; self-centered.
  • immunogenic — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
  • impact zone — (in surfing) the dangerous position on a wave that is just about to separate and collapse; the falling lip of a wave.
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