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15-letter words containing a, l, r, c, o

  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • non-contractual — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
  • non-correlation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • non-declarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
  • non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
  • non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
  • non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
  • non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
  • nonastronomical — not astronomical
  • nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
  • noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
  • noncredentialed — not credentialed or lacking credentials
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • nonhierarchical — Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical.
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  • nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • nonprecedential — Not precedential.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • nuclear reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
  • obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
  • obituary column — the division of a publication reserved for obituaries
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • ochlocratically — In an ochlocratic way.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
  • omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • optical storage — optical disk drive
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
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