11-letter words containing s, n, a, c
- boston crab — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler seizes both or one of his opponent's legs, turns him face downwards, and exerts pressure over his back
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
- cablevision — cable television.
- cacogenesis — (medicine) A morbid, monstrous, or pathological growth or product; an abnormality in structure; a monstrosity.
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
- caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
- caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- callanetics — a system of exercise involving frequent repetition of small muscular movements and squeezes, designed to improve muscle tone
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- can't stand — find intolerable
- canadianism — the Canadian national character or spirit
- canaliculus — a small channel, furrow, or groove, as in some bones and parts of plants
- canary seed — birdseed.
- cancelm00se — Cancelmoose
- cancelmoose — (messaging) A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenet articles posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is spam or extremely excessive cross-posting. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and Shub Internet exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website.
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
- candescence — glowing; incandescent.
- candidacies — Plural form of candidacy.
- candidiases — Plural form of candidiasis.
- candidiasis — a common fungal infection caused by yeast (genus Candida, esp. C. albicans) that thrives on any moist, cutaneous area of the body, esp. on mucous membranes, between toes, under diapers, etc.: can develop into serious internal and chronic conditions
- candlestand — a slender stand or table, often with a tripod base, for holding a candlestick or candelabrum.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- candy-assed — timid or cowardly; sissified.
- caniapiscau — a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to the Larch River (Mélèzes) 575 miles (925 km) long.