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16-letter words containing c, e, n

  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
  • 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.
  • nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
  • nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
  • nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
  • nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • nuclear medicine — diagnostic and therapeutic medical techniques using radionuclides or radioisotopes.
  • nuclear membrane — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
  • nuclear umbrella — a guarantee from a country or state that possesses nuclear weapons to a country that does not that they will defend them
  • nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
  • nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
  • nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
  • number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • 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
  • oculomotor nerve — either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
  • odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
  • of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
  • off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
  • ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
  • old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
  • oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
  • on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
  • on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
  • on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
  • onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
  • once and for all — former; having at one time been: the once and future king.
  • once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
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