11-letter words containing t, e, l, c, o, n
- insectology — entomology.
- intercooled — equipped with an intercooler
- intercooler — any device for cooling a fluid between successive heating processes, especially for cooling a gas between successive compressions.
- intercostal — pertaining to muscles, parts, or intervals between the ribs.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- interocular — being, or situated, between the eyes.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intersocial — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- intolerance — lack of tolerance; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- labefaction — Deterioration or downfall.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- lactoferrin — a glycoprotein present in milk, especially human milk, and supplying iron to suckling infants.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lanceolated — Alternative form of lanceolate.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- line vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- live action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- live-action — of or relating to movies, videos, and the like, that feature real performers, as distinguished from animation: A new live-action version of the classic animated film will be released later this year.
- locust bean — carob.
- logocentric — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- low-context — tending to communicate by electronic methods such as e-mail, rather than in person
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malecontent — Obsolete spelling of malcontent.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrologist — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neologistic — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.