14-letter words containing c, o, n, e, t

nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
objective lens — objective (def 3).
objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
oceanic trench — a long narrow steep-sided depression in the earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction zone
octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
of a certainty — without a doubt; certainly
of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
omnipercipient — Perceiving everything.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on consignment — the act of consigning.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the knocker — promptly; at once
on the surface — to all appearances
oncogeneticist — a medical specialist in oncogenesis
one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
one-way ticket — transport: single-journey fare
oneirocritical — an interpreter of dreams.
online catalog — a bibliographic record of a library's holdings, available in machine-readable form.
opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
operation code — (programming) (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
optoelectronic — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
ordnance datum — mean sea level calculated from observation taken at Newlyn, Cornwall, and used as the official basis for height calculation on British maps
organic matter — matter derived from organisms, esp decayed matter in soil
organometallic — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing a metal or a metalloid linked to carbon.
orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
out of context — If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
over-confident — too confident.
over-expectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
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.
overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
overallocation — Excess allocation.

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