13-letter words containing c, l, i, t, e, r
- nickel centre — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitroglycerin — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- noncreational — Not creational.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nonelectrical — Not electrical; not operated by electricity.
- nonelectronic — of or relating to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- on reflection — second thoughts
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- optical fiber — optical fibre
- optical fibre — (communications) (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- oscillometric — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paleotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Ethiopian and Oriental regions.
- parallelistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parietal cell — any of the cells in the mucous membranes of the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid.
- parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- particularize — to make particular.
- paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pearl tapioca — a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.