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13-letter words containing c, o, t, r, a, n

  • nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
  • nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
  • nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
  • nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
  • nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
  • north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
  • 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 chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • 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)
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
  • obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
  • oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
  • 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.
  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
  • orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
  • orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
  • organogenetic — Relating to organogenesis.
  • ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
  • ornithomantic — relating to ornithomancy
  • ostracisation — Alternative form of ostracization.
  • ostracization — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
  • outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
  • over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-contract — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
  • overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
  • overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
  • palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
  • pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
  • pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • participation — an act or instance of participating.
  • pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
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