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11-letter words containing no

  • chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
  • clinochlore — a mineral similar to chlorite in appearance
  • clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
  • clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
  • cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
  • coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
  • cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
  • cognoscente — a person with special knowledge in some field, esp. in the fine arts
  • cognoscenti — The cognoscenti are the people who know a lot about a particular subject.
  • cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
  • colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
  • collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
  • colonoscope — an instrument for examining the colon, consisting of a flexible lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for abnormalities and to remove them or take tissue samples
  • colonoscopy — visual inspection of the interior of the colon with a flexible, lighted tube inserted through the rectum.
  • common noun — A common noun is a noun such as 'tree', 'water', or 'beauty' that is not the name of one particular person or thing. Compare proper noun.
  • con sordino — a musical direction to play with a mute
  • concertinos — Plural form of concertino.
  • connoisseur — A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject.
  • connotating — Present participle of connotate.
  • connotation — The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.
  • connotative — (of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning: A connotative word such as “steely” would never be used when referring to a woman.
  • contaminous — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
  • contratenor — (music) countertenor.
  • coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
  • corbynomics — the economic policies advocated by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party from 2015
  • coronograph — an instrument for observing and photographing the sun's corona, consisting of a telescope fitted with lenses, filters, and diaphragms that simulate an eclipse.
  • cosa nostra — the branch of the Mafia that operates in the US
  • coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
  • count noses — to count the number of people present, voting, etc.
  • craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
  • credit note — A credit note is a piece of paper that a shop gives you when you return goods that you have bought from it. It states that you are entitled to take goods of the same value without paying for them.
  • criminology — Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
  • croquignole — a small crisp cake
  • cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
  • ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
  • ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
  • cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
  • cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
  • cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
  • cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
  • cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
  • cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
  • cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
  • dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
  • daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
  • dehypnotize — to bring out of the hypnotic state
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