11-letter words containing u, n, c, i
- anvil cloud — another name for a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be anvil-shaped
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- aquaintance — Misspelling of acquaintance.
- aquanautics — the study or practice of undersea travel
- archegonium — a female sex organ, occurring in mosses, spore-bearing vascular plants, and gymnosperms, that produces a single egg cell in its swollen base
- arenicolous — growing or living in sand or sandy places
- astronautic — Of or pertaining to astronautics.
- auction off — If you auction off something, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it, often at an auction.
- auctioneers — Plural form of auctioneer.
- aurignacian — of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion
- auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
- authentical — authentic.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- auto racing — the sport of racing automobiles in which drivers compete against each other on a course designed for racing or on closed public roads.
- autoclaving — Present participle of autoclave.
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- autogenetic — self-generated.
- autokinetic — automatically self-moving
- autonomical — autonomous.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- biscuit tin — an airtight container for storing biscuits in
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- buckskinned — made of buckskin
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- canalicular — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus.
- canaliculus — a small channel, furrow, or groove, as in some bones and parts of plants