13-letter words containing c, n, o
- boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- bouillon cube — A bouillon cube is a solid cube made from dried meat or vegetable juices and other flavorings. Bouillon cubes are used to add flavor to dishes such as stews and soups.
- bounce around — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
- bouncing bomb — a bomb used by the RAF in World War II, designed to bounce along water
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- brown creeper — a small bush bird, Finschia novaeseelandiae, of South Island, New Zealand
- brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
- bubble column — A bubble column is a reactor in which a gas bubbles up through a liquid or slurry.
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- buenas noches — good night
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- butanoic acid — kind of acid
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- café coronary — a fatal choking condition brought on when food, dentures, etc. lodge in a person's throat while he or she is eating: it is often misinterpreted as a heart attack
- cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
- calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
- calculational — relating to calculation
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- calorifacient — (of foods) producing heat.
- camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
- campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
- cannel (coal) — a compact variety of bituminous coal that was formed chiefly from spores and burns with a bright, steady flame
- cannon fodder — If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work.
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
- canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.