13-letter words containing l, i, c, e, n
- nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
- nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- nonsensically — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- noticeability — The quality of being easy to see or notice.
- nucleic acids — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- nuisance call — an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
- objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- occidentalize — to make Occidental.
- oceanological — relating to the science and analysis of the ocean
- octodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 57 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 108 zeros.
- old icelandic — Old Norse as used in Iceland. Abbreviation: OIcel.
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- on cloud nine — blissfully happy
- on reflection — second thoughts
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- 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
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- pencil crayon — coloured pencil
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
- pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.