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11-letter words containing u, n, c, o, l, e

  • fluid ounce — a measure of capacity equal to 1/16 (0.0625) pint (29.6 milliliters) in the U.S., and equal to 1/20 (0.05) of an imperial pint (28.4 milliliters) in Great Britain. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl. oz;
  • 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.
  • fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
  • fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
  • genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
  • glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
  • 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.
  • glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
  • glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
  • golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
  • golden club — an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
  • homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
  • honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
  • honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
  • horn clause — (logic)   A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
  • 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.
  • include out — to exclude
  • incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
  • inoculative — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
  • inosculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate.
  • intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • interocular — being, or situated, between the eyes.
  • involucrate — having an involucre.
  • isoleucines — Plural form of isoleucine.
  • jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
  • knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
  • langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
  • larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
  • launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
  • lemon juice — citrus juice from lemons
  • leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
  • leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
  • locust bean — carob.
  • luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
  • luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
  • lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
  • macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
  • micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
  • monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
  • mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
  • monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
  • musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
  • noctilucent — (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.
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