13-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intersections — Plural form of intersection.
- intersocietal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- interspecific — existing or occurring between species.
- intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- intricateness — The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
- intrinsicness — The quality or state of being intrinsic.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspection — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- introspective — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- invectiveness — The quality of being invective.
- irascibleness — The state of being irascible; irascibility.
- irc penis war — penis war
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isoelectronic — noting or pertaining to atoms and ions having an equal number of electrons.
- jail sentence — a term of imprisonment imposed by a court
- japanese chin — one of a Japanese breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, black and white or red and white coat and a tail carried over the back.
- jet condenser — a steam condenser in which a jet of water is sprayed into the condenser chamber.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- jurisprudence — the science or philosophy of law.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- knee breeches — trousers worn by men in the past, which came down as far as their knees rather than their ankles
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- lecture notes — notes that are taken by someone attending a lecture
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
- lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
- liechtenstein — a small principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland: economically linked with Switzerland. 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km). Capital: Vaduz.
- life instinct — suicidal tendency or inclination; predisposition to self-destruction.
- life sentence — a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of his or her life in prison.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lines of code — (programming, unit) (LOC) A common measure of the size or progress of a programming project. For example, one can describe a completed project as consisting of 100,000 LOC; or one can characterise a week's progress as 5000 LOC. Using LOC as a metric of progress encourages programmers to reinvent the wheel or split their code into lots of short lines.