14-letter words containing c, o, r, i, e, s
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- neuroscientist — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- neurosecretion — a chemical secreted by a nerve cell.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
- non-resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- non-resistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
- onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- 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.
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- osteoarthritic — Affected with osteoarthritis.
- osteosclerosis — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
- osteosclerotic — abnormal hardening and increase in density of bone.
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.