13-letter words containing c, o, n, e, y, s
- nonsensically — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- obsolescently — In an obsolescent manner.
- onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- silicon alley — an area of New York City in which industries associated with information technology are concentrated
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- syndesmectomy — excision of part of a ligament.
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- twenty-second — next after the twenty-first; being the ordinal number for 22.