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13-letter words containing c, n, o

  • at one's back — behind, esp in support or pursuit
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • atomic number — the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
  • atomic weapon — a weapon in which energy is provided by nuclear fission
  • atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
  • auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • aulic council — a council, founded in 1498, of the Holy Roman Emperor. It functioned mainly as a judicial body
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • auto-injector — An auto-injector is a hypodermic syringe that you can use to inject yourself with a liquid.
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • autoinfection — infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autonomically — autonomous.
  • autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • avocationally — in one's leisure time
  • back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
  • back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
  • back to front — If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.
  • back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
  • backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backgrounding — Present participle of background.
  • backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
  • bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • bacteriotoxin — any toxin that kills bacteria
  • bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
  • badminton cup — a long refreshing drink of claret with soda water and sugar
  • balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
  • balloon clock — a bracket clock of the late 18th century, having a round dial on a short case with concave sides resting on bracket feet.
  • bandicoot rat — any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
  • barnacle code — (programming, humour)   Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
  • baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • basic fortran — (language)   A subset of Fortran.
  • batrachotoxin — a steroidal alkaloid, C31H42N2O6, found in the skin of certain Neotropical frogs (genus Phyllobates) and used on poison arrows: one of the most powerful natural neurotoxins known
  • beacon school — a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools
  • beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
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