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14-letter words containing c, e, l, a, n, o

  • nonrecoverable — unable to be claimed back; damaged or lost forever
  • nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nontechnically — In a nontechnical manner.
  • nontheological — not theological, not having theological content
  • nontheoretical — not confined to the theoretical realm; actual
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
  • normoglycaemia — the condition of having a normal blood sugar level
  • normoglycaemic — Alt form normoglycemic.
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
  • novelistically — In a novelistic way.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
  • occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
  • occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
  • old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
  • online catalog — a bibliographic record of a library's holdings, available in machine-readable form.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • organochlorine — Any of a large group of pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds with chlorinated aromatic molecules.
  • organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
  • osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
  • over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
  • overallocation — Excess allocation.
  • overanalytical — too analytical
  • overcentralize — to centralize excessively
  • overcompliance — excessive compliance
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleencephalon — (no longer in technical use) the more primitive part of the brain in the evolutionary development of animals, including all parts except the cerebral cortex and its related structures.
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
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