11-letter words containing n, o, i, e, r, t
- spermatoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spermotoxin — a substance toxic to spermatozoa.
- spinsterdom — the state of being a spinster
- spore print — the pattern produced by placing the cap of a mushroom on a piece of paper and allowing the spores to fall
- stationer's — a shop which sells stationery
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stentorious — stentorian.
- stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
- sternotribe — (of a flower) having contact with the sternum of an insect
- stevedoring — the act or practice of loading or unloading a ship, ship's cargo, etc
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- stone river — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. Compare Murfreesboro.
- stramineous — of or resembling straw.
- strenuosity — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strife-torn — divided by violent conflict or dissent
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike note — the note produced by a bell when struck, defining its musical pitch
- strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- strong side — the side of the offensive line where the tight end is positioned, thereby the side having the greater number of players.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- telesterion — (in ancient Greece) a building in which religious mysteries were celebrated.
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
- termination — the act of terminating.
- terminatory — pertaining to or forming the extremity or boundary; terminal; terminating.
- terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- terrigenous — produced by the earth.
- territorian — an inhabitant of the Northern Territory
- terrorising — to fill or overcome with terror.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the inferno — hell; the infernal region
- the moer in — furious; enraged
- the trizone — the area of Germany from 1945-49, later to become West Germany, comprising three zones occupied by Britain, USA and France respectively
- theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
- theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- there is no — If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.