11-letter words containing s, o, c, i, e, n
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- forecasting — Present participle of forecast.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- forinstance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- iconoscopes — Plural form of iconoscope.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- imprecision — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in prospect — expected, predicted
- incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
- incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- incomposite — not composite or consisting of parts; simple; not divisible into parts
- inconscient — unconscious.
- incontested — Not contested or challenged.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incrossbred — of or relating to the progeny that result from crossing inbred lines or varieties.
- indeciduous — not deciduous, as leaves.
- indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
- inflections — Plural form of inflection.
- infructuose — Not yielding fruit.
- inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
- inosculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate.