15-letter words containing c, a, o, t, r
- ncr corporation — (company) Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. In 1991 it was absorbed by AT&T (see dinosaurs mating), only to be spat out again in 1996. NCR mainframes of the 1960's are remembered by some for their hardware incompatibility with IBM mainframes: NCR punched round holes in their punched cards while IBM punched rectangular ones. The codes and machines were not compatible and information could not be easily shared between NCR and IBM customers.
- necessary stool — close-stool.
- neoconservatism — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neoconservative — moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists.
- neomercantilism — an economic doctrine or policy during the early 20th century that set high tariffs and other import restrictions in order to protect domestic industries.
- neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
- neuroanatomical — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neuroectodermal — Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
- no-cut contract — a professional athlete's contract guaranteeing that he or she will remain on the team's roster for a specified time.
- non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
- non-contractual — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
- non-contrastive — not contrastive.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- 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-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- 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-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- non-rectifiable — able to be rectified.
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonarchitecture — a building not designed according to accepted modes of architecture
- nonaristocratic — lacking aristocratic qualities, not refined or polished
- nonastronomical — not astronomical
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- noncertificated — not possessing a certificate, not certified
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- nonconservation — A failure to conserve.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
- noncredentialed — not credentialed or lacking credentials
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
- norman conquest — the conquest of England by the Normans, under William the Conqueror, in 1066.
- north caucasian — a language family including all the Caucasian languages north of the Caucasian divide, as Kabardian and the Circassian language proper, and a few between the divide and the Black Sea, as Abkhazian.