13-letter words containing f, e, n, c, o
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- no-confidence — If members of an organization pass a vote or motion of no-confidence in someone, they take a vote which shows that they no longer support that person or their ideas.
- non-confident — having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
- non-defective — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- non-inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- non-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- nonbeneficial — Not beneficial; that produces no benefit.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nonconference — (sports) Not within an athletic conference.
- nonconfession — The absence of a confession, or the refusal to confess.
- nonconfidence — a motion of parliament expressing a lack of confidence in the government
- nonconiferous — Not coniferous.
- noninfectious — (of a disease or disease-causing organism) not liable to be transmitted through the environment.
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonscientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- norman french — Also called Norman. the French dialect of the Normans or of Normandy.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- off the chain — wildly entertaining
- office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
- officiousness — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
- on reflection — second thoughts
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- osmoconformer — Any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater.
- overconfident — too confident.
- overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- oxford accent — the accent associated with Oxford English
- oxygen effect — the increased sensitivity to radiation of living organisms, tissues, etc, when they are exposed in the presence of oxygen
- pacific ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 feet (10,800 meters).
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- peace of mind — reassurance
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
- profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
- reconfiguring — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.