11-letter words containing s, i, e, g, c
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- ice fishing — the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- indulgences — Plural form of indulgence.
- insectifuge — a substance or preparation for driving off insects.
- insectology — entomology.
- intumescing — Present participle of intumesce.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- lifecasting — The creation of a three-dimensional copy of a living body by means of molding and casting techniques.
- linecasting — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- macdesigner — A design CASE tool for the Mac from Excel Software, Inc.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- mincingness — Quality of being mincing.
- mis-package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscarriage — the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscegenist — advocating miscegenation
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- mischieving — (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. (from 15th c.).
- misguidance — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- moesogothic — of or relating to the Moesogoths or their language.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- necrologies — Plural form of necrology.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- neologistic — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nigrescence — tending toward black; blackish.
- obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oncogenesis — the generation of tumors.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes