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12-letter words containing e, n, c, o, d

  • notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • occidentally — In an occidental manner.
  • octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
  • old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
  • on the cadge — engaged in cadging
  • on the cards — likely
  • once removed — relative: one generation older
  • open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
  • opendocument — (file format, standard)   (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
  • oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
  • organic mode — (programming)   A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
  • outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
  • overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
  • overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • overdocument — to document excessively
  • overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
  • panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
  • pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
  • pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
  • periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
  • point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
  • point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
  • preconcerted — prearranged; settled in advance
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