11-letter words containing n, o, s, a, c
- miscitation — an erroneous citation
- miscreation — miscreated.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- mochaccinos — Plural form of mochaccino.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- monasticism — the monastic system, condition, or mode of life.
- monoblastic — having a single layer, as an embryo in the blastula stage or developing from a single layer.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- musculation — (anatomy) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nanocrystal — A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nanoseconds — Plural form of nanosecond.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- non-clastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- non-vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- nonabstract — Not abstract.
- nonactivist — One who is not an activist.
- nonartistic — not artistic
- nonconstant — not constant
- nonfeasance — the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
- nonmusician — a person who is not a musician
- nonmystical — not mystical
- nonorgasmic — not involving or resulting in orgasm, not able to orgasm
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonsemantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- nonsensical — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsilicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.