11-letter words containing n, o, s, c
- excavations — Plural form of excavation.
- excitations — Plural form of excitation.
- execrations — Plural form of execration.
- exonuclease — An enzyme that removes successive nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide molecule.
- expiscation — the act of fishing out or finding out by investigation
- exsiccation — The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
- extinctions — Plural form of extinction.
- extractions — Plural form of extraction.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- fascination — the power or action of fascinating.
- fast-action — taking effect quickly
- femtosecond — One quadrillionth of a second.
- fianchettos — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fianchetto.
- fletschhorn — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- fornicators — Plural form of fornicator.
- fort carson — a military reservation in E central Colorado, S of Colorado Springs.
- french rose — Provence rose.
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.