11-letter words that end in ne
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
- benzopyrene — an aromatic hydrocarbon, C20H12, found in coal tar, cigarette smoke, etc. and known to be a cause of cancer in animals
- bikini line — A woman's bikini line is the edges of the area where her pubic hair grows.
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- border line — boundary line; frontier.
- bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- broken line — a discontinuous line or series of line segments, as a series of dashes, or a figure made up of line segments meeting at oblique angles.
- buffer zone — A buffer zone is an area created to separate opposing forces or groups which belongs to neither of them.
- buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- cancer gene — oncogene.
- cannon bone — a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals
- carbamidine — guanidine.
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- carcassonne — a city in SW France: extensive remains of medieval fortifications. Pop: 48 212 (2006)
- cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- ceftriaxone — (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- china stone — a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
- chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
- chloroprene — a colourless liquid derivative of butadiene that is used in making neoprene rubbers; 2-chloro-1,2-butadiene. Formula: CH2:CHCCl:CH2
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chordophone — any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- cinder cone — a small, conical volcano built of ash and cinders.
- cinnabarine — Resembling, containing, or relating to cinnabar.
- cinnarizine — a drug principally used to control vomiting caused by motion sickness
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- coffin bone — the terminal phalangeal bone inside the hoof of the horse and similar animals
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- consanguine — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- constantine — a walled city in NE Algeria: built on an isolated rock; military and trading centre. Pop: 482 000 (2005 est)
- copingstone — a stone that tops or forms part of the top of a wall