13-letter words containing c, r, i, n
- on reflection — second thoughts
- 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.
- 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.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- 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.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- 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.
- organosilicon — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing silicon, especially where attached directly to a carbon atom.
- ornithichnite — (paleontology) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
- 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.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overconfident — too confident.
- overconscious — excessively conscious
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- 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.
- overenergetic — excessively energetic
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- oversecretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
- paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- participantly — in a participant manner
- participating — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- participation — an act or instance of participating.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- passion cross — Latin cross.