11-letter words containing n, o, c, m
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- astromancer — divination by means of the stars.
- atomtronics — (physics) The design, manufacture and study of analogs of electronics using atoms (especially Bose-Einstein condensates) at low temperature.
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autonomical — autonomous.
- axonometric — of or relating to a projection method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- boring clam — piddock
- botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- camerawoman — a woman who operates a film or television camera
- camerawomen — Plural form of camerawoman.
- cameroonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- cancelmoose — (messaging) A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenet articles posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is spam or extremely excessive cross-posting. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and Shub Internet exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website.
- canis major — a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion, containing Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
- canis minor — a small constellation in the N hemisphere close to Orion, containing the first magnitude star Procyon
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- cannot seem — If you say that you cannot seem or could not seem to do something, you mean that you have tried to do it and were unable to.
- canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
- cantonments — Plural form of cantonment.
- car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carcinomata — Plural form of carcinoma.
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cattlewoman — A woman who raises or tends cattle.
- cattlewomen — Plural form of cattlewoman.
- cefmenoxime — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cementation — the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency