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13-letter words containing c, o, n, e

  • architectonic — denoting, relating to, or having architectural qualities
  • aristolochene — (organic compound) A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.
  • arsenous acid — a toxic white powder, As2O3, used to make other arsenic compounds, insecticides, and preservatives; white arsenic
  • arundinaceous — resembling a reed
  • ascension day — the 40th day after Easter, when the Ascension of Christ into heaven is celebrated
  • ascensiontide — the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday
  • ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
  • asset account — An asset account is an account that records the assets owned by a company.
  • 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 house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
  • audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
  • audience room — a room for holding formal interviews or hearings.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
  • 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.
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
  • bedroom scene — a scene in which lovers are in bed
  • belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • benching iron — a triangular, pronged plate driven into the ground to provide a temporary bench mark or turning point.
  • benedictional — a book of benedictions or blessings
  • beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
  • beta carotene — a yellowish form of carotene: a dietary deficiency of this is associated with a greater risk of certain cancers
  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • beta-carotene — the most abundant of various isomers of carotene, C 40 H 56 , that can be converted by the body to vitamin A.
  • beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
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