9-letter words containing n, o, c, e
- introject — (psychology) To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.
- invection — (obsolete) An inveighing against; invective.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invocated — invoke.
- involucel — a secondary involucre, as in a compound cluster of flowers.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- ionogenic — able to ionize or be ionized
- iseikonic — relating to iseikonia
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isoclines — Plural form of isocline.
- isolectin — Any of a number of closely related lectins that are difficult to separate, and act together.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jane cowl — Jane, 1884–1950, U.S. actress and playwright.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jobcentre — Alternative spelling of Jobcentre.
- jockeying — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- ketogenic — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- knee-sock — a type of sock that comes up to the knee
- knockless — (of an engine, bearing, or fuel) producing no knocking sound
- knockover — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kronecker — Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; German ley-oh-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; German ˈleɪ oʊˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1823–91, German mathematician.
- lace into — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- laodicean — lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- leucoline — quinoline.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- linolenic — Of or pertaining to linolenic acid or its derivatives.
- loch ness — a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- 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.
- macedoine — a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
- macedonia — Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- manticore — a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.