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

norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
north channel — a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.
north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
nuclear force — strong interaction
nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
object oberon — Oberon plus classes and methods by H. Moessenboeck & J. Templ, 1989. See Oberon-2.
obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
oceanic ridge — any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior
oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
octane-rating — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
octocentenary — pertaining to 800 or a period of 800 years; marking the completion of 800 years.
octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
on reflection — second thoughts
on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
on-the-record — on-record.
once or twice — If you have done something once or twice, you have done it a few times, but not very often.
oneiroscopist — a person who specialises in studying and interpreting dreams
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.
open fracture — compound fracture.
open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
organoarsenic — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond.
organogenetic — Relating to organogenesis.
ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
osmoconformer — Any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.

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