16-letter words containing c, a, i, n
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-intoxicating — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- non-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- noncommunication — Absence of communication; failure to communicate.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
- noncontradiction — absence or lack of contradiction.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
- nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
- nonmanufacturing — (economics) Outside of the manufacturing sector.
- nonparticipating — (of a person or thing) not participating: No penalties were given to nonparticipating students.
- nonparticipation — absence of participation: Nonparticipation of citizens in political matters hampers efforts toward better government.
- nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
- nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
- north carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
- not miss a trick — to be very alert
- nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- nuclear medicine — diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
- nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
- nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
- nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- 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.
- octanedioic acid — a colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid found in suberin and castor oil and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: HOOC(CH2)6COOH
- of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
- of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
- ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
- once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
- oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
- onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open punctuation — punctuation characterized by sparing use of stops, esp of the comma
- open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
- operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
- optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- optical rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
- optical scanning — 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.