11-letter words containing n, u, c
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.
- endocuticle — the inner layer of the cuticle of an insect
- endothecium — (biology) The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules.
- ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
- ensepulchre — to place into a sepulchre
- enucleation — (surgery) The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
- enunciating — Present participle of enunciate.
- enunciation — The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
- enunciators — Plural form of enunciator.
- equibalance — an equal weight or balance
- equinoctial — Happening at or near the time of an equinox.
- equipotency — The condition of being equipotent.
- equivalence — The condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc.
- equivalency — (countable) An equivalent thing.
- erubescence — the process of growing red or a condition of redness
- eructations — Plural form of eructation.
- escutcheons — Plural form of escutcheon.
- euchologion — a collection of prayers
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
- eugenicists — Plural form of eugenicist.
- eurocentric — Alternative form of Eurocentric.
- evacuations — Plural form of evacuation.
- excrementum — an item of waste material or rubbish
- exculpating — Present participle of exculpate.
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- executioner — An official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person.
- exonuclease — An enzyme that removes successive nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide molecule.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- factualness — Factuality.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- fecundating — Present participle of fecundate.
- fecundation — to make prolific or fruitful.
- feeding cup — spout cup.
- final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- flocculence — The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.
- fluconazole — An antifungal drug used especially against Candida.
- fluctuating — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluctuation — continual change from one point or condition to another.
- 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.
- fluid ounce — a measure of capacity equal to 1/16 (0.0625) pint (29.6 milliliters) in the U.S., and equal to 1/20 (0.05) of an imperial pint (28.4 milliliters) in Great Britain. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl. oz;
- 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.
- fond du lac — a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.