12-letter words containing e, n, l, o, c
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncorporeal — Not corporeal.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nondomiciled — of, relating to, or denoting a person who is not domiciled in his or her country of origin
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- noninfluence — a lack of influence, failure to influence
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonselection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nontechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- novell, inc. — (company, networking) A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- 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
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- oblanceolate — inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
- octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- ojo caliente — a hot spring.
- 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.