13-letter words containing e, n, c, r, o, a
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- noradrenergic — Having the quality of noradrenaline.
- norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- 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.
- 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)
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- oceanic ridge — any section of the narrow, largely continuous range of submarine mountains that extends into all the major oceans and at which new oceanic lithosphere is created by the rise of magma from the earth's interior
- oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- 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.
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- 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.
- 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.
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- 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.
- overencourage — to encourage too much
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English