13-letter words containing n, o, c, a
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- intercortical — situated within a cortex
- interiorscape — An installation of plants decorating the inside of a building.
- interlocation — A placing or coming between; interposition.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- intersocietal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- intertropical — situated or occurring between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn; tropical.
- intoxicatedly — In an intoxicated fashion; drunkenly.
- intraocularly — into or in the eye
- intrathoracic — (anatomy) Within the thorax.
- intratropical — Within the tropics.
- iopanoic acid — an acid containing iodine that is opaque to X-rays
- it governance — information technology governance
- itaconic acid — a colorless crystalline compound, C 5 H 6 O 4 , obtained by fermentation, soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an intermediate in the formation of fibers, resins, etc.
- italicization — to print in italic type.
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- jellification — The process or result of jellifying.
- job applicant — candidate for an advertised post
- john mccarthy — (person, artificial intelligence) A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- johnny canuck — a personification of Canada
- johnny collar — a small, pointed collar on a shirt, dress bodice, or the like, with close-fitting neckline.
- joint account — a bank account in the names of two or more persons or parties and subject to withdrawals by each.
- joint tenancy — a holding of property, either real or personal, by two or more persons with each sharing the undivided interest, the entire tenancy passing to the survivor or survivors.
- jollification — jolly merrymaking; jolly festivity.
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
- jus canonicum — canon law.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lacedaemonian — of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- lancet window — a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.
- land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- language code — (human language, standard) A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
- lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.