11-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- king cotton — cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
- knee action — Automotive. a form of suspension for the front wheels of a vehicle permitting each wheel to rise and fall independently of the other.
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- lacrimation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactational — Of or pertaining to lactation.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- lactoflavin — riboflavin.
- laicization — The act of laicizing.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lancination — A tearing or laceration.
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- latrocinium — highway robbery
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- locomotions — Plural form of locomotion.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long-acting — sustained-release.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- machination — an act or instance of machinating.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrodontia — the condition of having abnormally large teeth.
- madefaction — the process of making wet
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manducation — The act of eating.
- manuduction — the act of directing or guiding.
- marcantonio — Raimondi, Marcantonio.
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- mass action — Mass action is the effect when continuously adding reactants (= substances that are used in a reaction) to a reaction causes it to generate products continuously.
- mastication — The process of chewing.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- medications — Plural form of medication.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- mendication — The act or practice of begging; beggary.
- merogenetic — of or relating to schizogony