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11-letter words that end in ne

  • cornerstone — The cornerstone of something is the basic part of it on which its existence, success, or truth depends.
  • countermine — a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by an enemy
  • counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
  • cracovienne — a fast dance from the Krakow region of Poland which became popular in Paris during the 19th century
  • credit line — A person or company's credit line is the amount of credit that they are allowed, for example, by a credit card company or a bank.
  • crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
  • crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
  • crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
  • cut it fine — to allow little margin of time, space, etc
  • cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
  • cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
  • cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
  • cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
  • cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
  • cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
  • cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
  • dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
  • danger zone — a dangerous area
  • datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
  • day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
  • delavirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV.
  • deserpidine — a drug extracted from the plant Rauwolfia canescens, used to block the flow of or reaction to adrenaline, and thus useful as a tranquilizer or to treat hypertensivity
  • desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
  • diamorphine — heroin.
  • diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
  • digger pine — a pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping, grayish-green needles and large, heavy cones with edible seeds.
  • dimethicone — Polydimethylsiloxane.
  • diophantine — Alternative capitalization of Diophantine.
  • disenthrone — to dethrone.
  • dotted line — a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
  • doxycycline — a synthetic analog of a broad-spectrum antibiotic tetracycline drug, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , used against a wide range of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
  • drop a line — send a message
  • druid stone — sarsen.
  • dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
  • east moline — a city in NW Illinois.
  • elephantine — Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward.
  • end of line — (character)   (EOL) Synonym for newline, derived perhaps from the original CDC 6600 Pascal. The abbreviation "EOL" is now rare, but widely recognised and occasionally used for brevity. Used in the example entry under BNF. Out of context this would probably be (deliberately) ambiguous because different systems used different (combinations of) characters to mark the end of a line. Unix uses a line feed; DOS uses carriage return, line feed (CRLF) and the Macintosh uses carriage return. See also EOF.
  • epinephrine — A hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, especially in conditions of stress, increasing rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and preparing muscles for exertion.
  • erythrosine — a fluorone, tetraiodo-fluorescein, which is used as a red food colouring (E127) and in biological staining
  • estramazone — a slashing move in fencing
  • fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
  • fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • fax machine — facsimile machine
  • featherbone — a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls.
  • feeder line — a branch of a main transportation line, as of an airline or railroad.
  • fetter bone — the great pastern bone of a horse. See under pastern (def 2).
  • filter lane — a lane governed by a filter at a traffic light, from which traffic can turn left or right while other traffic is held up by a red light
  • finish line — a line marking the end of a race.
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