11-letter words containing nc
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- break dance — an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- bronchocele — dilatation of a bronchus.
- brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- cancelation — an act of canceling.
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancellable — able to be cancelled
- cancellated — Anatomy. of spongy or porous structure, as bone.
- 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.
- cancer gene — oncogene.
- canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candescence — glowing; incandescent.
- capacitance — the property of a system that enables it to store electric charge
- cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
- car licence — an official document or certificate authorizing a person to drive an automobile
- carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
- carunculate — having a caruncle.
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cast anchor — to anchor a vessel
- cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- chaffinches — Plural form of chaffinch.
- chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
- chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- char-a-banc — a large bus used on sightseeing tours, especially one with open sides and no center aisle.
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chinchillas — Plural form of chinchilla.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- cinchoninic — relating to cinchonine
- cincinnatus — Lucius Quinctius (ˈluːsɪəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?519–438 bc, Roman general and statesman, regarded as a model of simple virtue; dictator of Rome during two crises (458; 439), retiring to his farm after each one
- circumcinct — Past participle of circumcinge.
- cirencester — a market town in S England, in Gloucestershire: Roman amphitheatre. Pop: 15 861 (2001)
- clinchingly — in a clinching manner
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought
- coadjuvancy — (rare) cooperation, mutual effort, joint-help.
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.