13-letter words containing c, o, u, n
- encrustations — Plural form of encrustation.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- endonucleases — Plural form of endonuclease.
- equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- eudaemonistic — Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
- eudicotyledon — any plant belonging to one of the two major groups of flowering plants, comprising over 60 per cent of all plants, normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- eurocommunism — the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
- exclusionists — Plural form of exclusionist.
- excommunicate — Officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- facetiousness — (uncountable) The state of being facetious.
- fasciculation — a fascicular condition.
- ferociousness — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- floor furnace — a small self-contained furnace placed just below the floor of the space to be heated.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flow function — The flow function is the relationship between the strength of a compact and the degree of compaction.
- fluctuational — Of, pertaining to, or resulting from fluctuation(s).
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- fold function — (programming) In functional programming, fold or "reduce" is a kind of higher-order function that takes as arguments a function, an initial "accumulator" value and a data structure (often a list). In Haskell, the two flavours of fold for lists, called foldl and foldr are defined like this: foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> [b] -> a foldl f z [] = z foldl f z (x:xs) = foldl f (f z x) xs foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b foldr f z [] = z foldr f z (x:xs) = f x (foldr f z xs) In both cases, if the input list is empty, the result is the value of the accumulator, z. If not, foldl takes the head of the list, x, and returns the result of recursing on the tail of the list using (f z x) as the new z. foldr returns (f x q) where q is the result of recursing on the tail. The "l" and "r" in the names refer to the associativity of the application of f. Thus if f = (+) (the binary plus operator used as a function of two arguments), we have: foldl (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = (((0 + 1) + 2) + 3 (applying + left associatively) and foldr (+) 0 [1, 2, 3] = 0 + (1 + (2 + 3)) (applying + right associatively). For +, this makes no difference but for an non-commutative operator it would.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- foreconscious — the preconscious.
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- form function — (jargon) The shape of something designed. This term is currently (Feb 1998) in vogue among marketroids.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- function room — a room designated for official or formal social gatherings or ceremonies
- function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionalize — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.