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11-letter words containing o, c, t, g, e, n

  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
  • theogonical — of or relating to theogony
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
  • toxicogenic — generating or producing toxic products or poisons.
  • tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • uncongested — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
  • vaginectomy — excision of part or all of the vagina.
  • wing covert — any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.
  • xenogenetic — Being of foreign origin; having originated elsewhere.
  • zoomagnetic — of or relating to animal magnetism or hypnotism
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