11-letter words containing n, o, s, l, i, c
- convulsions — contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head.
- cor anglais — a woodwind instrument, the alto of the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from E on the third space of the bass staff
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
- cottontails — Plural form of cottontail.
- councillors — Plural form of councillor.
- counselings — professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems.
- counselling — Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- declensions — Plural form of declension.
- decolonised — Simple past tense and past participle of decolonise.
- decolonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decolonize.
- deflections — Plural form of deflection.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- discoloring — Present participle of discolor.
- disenclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disenclose.
- dislocating — Present participle of dislocate.
- dislocation — an act or instance of dislocating.
- docibleness — the quality or character of being docible
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- electronics — (physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles.
- endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
- escalations — Plural form of escalation.
- escallonias — Plural form of escallonia.
- 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.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- 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.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incuriously — In an incurious manner.