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16-letter words containing a, c, e, n, t, l

  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
  • non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
  • nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
  • nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
  • occasional table — a small table with no regular use
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
  • over-cultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pentatonic scale — a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave.
  • perchloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
  • perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal effects — belongings
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • peter pan collar — a close-fitting flat or rolled collar with rounded ends that meet in front of a high, round neckline.
  • phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physical fitness — good physical condition
  • pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
  • place in the sun — (often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
  • placement office — an office in a university that offers students careers advice and help to find employment
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
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