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11-letter words containing n, o, s, l, i, c

  • 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.
  • nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • nonsyllabic — not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.
  • nonsymbolic — not involving or using symbols
  • nosological — (medicine) Of or pertaining to nosology.
  • nucleotides — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
  • obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
  • occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
  • off-license — a license permitting the sale of sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages to be taken away from the premises by the purchaser.
  • oncologists — Plural form of oncologist.
  • onycholysis — (medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
  • oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
  • oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
  • outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
  • pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • prosiliency — prominence
  • punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
  • recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
  • reflections — thoughts, esp careful or long-considered ones
  • reselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
  • ricinus oil — castor oil.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • sacculation — formed into or having a saccule, sac, or saclike dilation.
  • saint-cloud — a city in central Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
  • salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
  • saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
  • scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
  • schoolgoing — the act of going to school
  • scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
  • scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
  • scorchingly — in a scorching manner
  • scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • second lien — a lien subordinate to a previous or preferred lien.
  • second line — a jaunty, syncopated rhythm in 2/4 time, often used in the rhythm and blues and jazz of New Orleans
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • secretional — of or relating to secretion
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • silicon fen — an area of Cambridgeshire, esp around the city of Cambridge, in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
  • siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
  • silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
  • sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
  • skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
  • slot racing — the activity of racing slot cars.
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • social unit — a person or a group of persons, as a family, functioning as a unit in society.
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