13-letter words containing c, a, n, t, u
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-nocturnal — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- nonconceptual — Not of a conceptual nature.
- nonconjugated — not conjugated
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
- nonliturgical — Not liturgical.
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- nullification — an act or instance of nullifying.
- nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
- nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- on account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- on no account — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.