12-letter words containing o, n, c, g, e, s
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- long clothes — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
- microsegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by juncture.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- non-egoistic — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- osteogenetic — (physiology) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- self-closing — the end or conclusion, as of a speech.
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- silicon glen — a collective term for the industries in Scotland associated with information technology, esp those concentrated in the central conurbation between Glasgow and Edinburgh