14-letter words containing e, c, o, n, s
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonspecificity — The state or condition of being nonspecific.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- northern cross — six stars in the constellation Cygnus, arranged in the form of a cross.
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- on consignment — the act of consigning.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- 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.
- oncogeneticist — a medical specialist in oncogenesis
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
- open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
- 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.
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- osmoconformers — Plural form of osmoconformer.
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- 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.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.