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11-letter words containing o, n, i

  • criminology — Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
  • crinigerous — having hair; hairy
  • crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
  • crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
  • crocodilian — any large predatory reptile of the order Crocodilia, which includes the crocodiles, alligators, and caymans. They live in or near water and have a long broad snout, powerful jaws, a four-chambered heart, and socketed teeth
  • cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
  • cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
  • croquignole — a small crisp cake
  • cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
  • cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
  • crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
  • crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
  • cryogenized — treated with or stored in a cryogen.
  • cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
  • cryokinetic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cryokinesis.
  • cryptobiont — any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis
  • cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
  • cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
  • culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
  • cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
  • cumulonimbi — Plural form of cumulonimbus.
  • cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
  • cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
  • cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
  • cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
  • curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
  • curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
  • cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
  • curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
  • cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
  • cushionless — without a cushion
  • cuspidation — decoration using cusps
  • customizing — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
  • cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
  • cutting oil — a specially prepared oil used as a cutting fluid.
  • cyanidation — (metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process.
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
  • cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
  • cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
  • cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
  • cycloolefin — any of the homologous series of unsaturated, alicyclic hydrocarbons, as cyclooctatetraene and cyclopentadiene, containing one double bond in the ring and having the general formula C 11 H 2n−2 .
  • 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
  • cypriniform — Any of many ray-finned fish, of the order Cypriniformes, such as the carps, minnows and loaches.
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