11-letter words containing ns
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- assumptions — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- attractions — Plural form of attraction.
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- backgammons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon.
- baked beans — Baked beans are dried beans cooked in tomato sauce in Britain or cooked with salt pork in North America. Baked beans are usually sold in cans.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barons' war — either of two civil wars in 13th-century England. The First Barons' War (1215–17) was precipitated by King John's failure to observe the terms of Magna Carta: many of the Barons' grievances were removed by his death (1216) and peace was concluded in 1217. The Second Barons' War (1264–67) was caused by Henry III's refusal to accept limitations on his authority: the rebel Barons (led (1264–65) by Simon de Montfort), initially successful, were defeated at the battle of Evesham (1265); sporadic resistance continued until 1267
- barra mansa — a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- batrachians — Plural form of batrachian.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- beauticians — Plural form of beautician.
- bensenville — a town in NE Illinois.
- blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- brownstoner — a person who lives in or owns a brownstone house.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- by no means — on no account; in no way
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- captainship — captaincy.
- caravansary — in the Near and Middle East, a kind of inn with a large central court, where caravans stop for the night
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- caseinogens — Plural form of caseinogen.
- castrations — Plural form of castration.
- catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
- catonsville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- census data — the data generated by an official census
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- chansonette — a little song
- chansonnier — a writer of chansons
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemosensor — A cell in a sense organ that can convert a chemical stimulus into some form of action.
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.