11-letter words containing s, c, o, n
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- oncogenesis — the generation of tumors.
- oncologists — Plural form of oncologist.
- oncoviruses — Plural form of oncovirus.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- onomasticon — a list or collection of proper names.
- onside kick — a kickoff deliberately kicked a short distance in an attempt by the kicking team to regain possession of the ball by recovering it after it has traveled forward the legally required distance of 10 yards, beyond the 50-yard line.
- onycholysis — (medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
- open source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- open-source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
- oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
- ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
- ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- out of sync — out of synchronization (with)
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outdistance — to leave behind, as in running; outstrip: The winning horse outdistanced the second-place winner by five lengths.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overconsume — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- oxyrhynchus — a fish found in the Nile, sometimes depicted on Egyptian sculptures and coins
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinocytosis — the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.