11-letter words containing n, o, c, t
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- gun control — government regulation of the sale and ownership of firearms.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gynocentric — Centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view.
- gynogenetic — relating to gynogenesis
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- histrionics — an actor.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- humectation — A moistening.
- hyperinotic — of or suffering from hyperinosis
- hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
- hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- idempotence — (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome \u2013 being idempotent.
- idempotency — the state of being idempotent
- idiocentric — Characterized by or denoting interest centered upon oneself or one's own ways, rather than upon others or the ways of others; self-centered.
- ignosticism — The philosophical position that beliefs regarding the existence or non-existence of God (capitalized) all assume too much, especially because there is not just one universal definition of the word