9-letter words containing n, o, c, e
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- sovenance — memory
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stegnotic — a medication that is constipating or astringent
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stoneface — living stones.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
- succentor — a precentor's deputy.
- surgeoncy — the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy
- sweetcorn — Sweetcorn is a long rounded vegetable covered in small yellow seeds. It is part of the maize plant. The seeds themselves can also be referred to as sweetcorn.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- tail cone — a cone-shaped component at the rear of a jet engine, rocket, or missile, usually serving as an exhaust pipe.
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- technikon — a technical college
- technopop — synthpop.
- tectonics — the science or art of assembling, shaping, or ornamenting materials in construction; the constructive arts in general.
- tectonism — diastrophism (def 1).
- tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tenor cor — mellophone.
- thecodont — any of various reptiles of the extinct order Thecodontia, occurring in the late Permian to late Triassic periods and characterized by teeth set in sockets.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- tierceron — (in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- toe dance — a dance performed on tiptoe
- toe-dance — to perform a toe dance.
- tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- ton-force — two thousand pound-force. Abbreviation: tonf.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- toxigenic — (especially of microorganisms) producing toxins.
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- tricerion — a candlestick with three arms
- tricotine — cavalry twill.
- truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- two cents — something of insignificant value; a paltry amount: We wouldn't give two cents for their chances of success.
- two-pence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of two pennies.
- tycoonate — the office or position of a tycoon
- tycoonery — a group of tycoons
- unblocked — to obstruct (someone or something) by placing obstacles in the way (sometimes followed by up): to block one's exit; to block up a passage.