11-letter words containing o, r, c, i, n
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
- 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.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- tocharian a — the eastern dialect of Tocharian
- tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
- touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
- tracheation — the arrangement of tracheae in insects and other arthropods.
- transaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- trichinotic — relating to trichinosis
- trichlorfon — metrifonate.
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricone bit — A tricone bit is a drill bit with a head that is divided into three main parts.
- tricornered — having three corners; tricorn.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- tyrothricin — an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.