11-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- not cricket — If you say that someone's behaviour is not cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
- noticeboard — Alternative spelling of notice board.
- nova scotia — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- nucleotides — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- nuncupation — the action of stating or asseverating an oath or pledge in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nyctitropic — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- obscenities — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obstriction — the condition of being under an obligation, or a duty or compulsion that causes obligation
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- octanedioic — designating a type of acid found in suberin and castor oil
- odontogenic — the development of teeth.
- officiating — Present participle of officiate Serving in an official capacity or serving as an official at a contest.
- officiation — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
- omnipotence — the quality or state of being omnipotent.
- omnipotency — Omnipotence. (from 15th c.).
- on thin ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- oncogenetic — the generation of tumors.
- oncologists — Plural form of oncologist.
- oncoprotein — (genetics, oncology, protein) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.
- onomasticon — a list or collection of proper names.
- onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
- ontogenetic — the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
- ontological — of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
- opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- oregon city — a town in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River.
- orthodontic — Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
- oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
- ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
- ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.