13-letter words containing n, o, c, a
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- mood enhancer — something, esp a drug, that has the effect of lifting a person's mood
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- mosaic vision — a type of vision hypothesized for the insect compound eye, in which the image is formed by hundreds of separate ommatidia.
- mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
- multilocation — the state or power of being in more than two places at the same time.
- mummification — to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
- mundification — the act of cleansing a wound
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythicization — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- nail scissors — small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- nanostructure — A structure, especially a semiconductor device, that has dimensions of only a few nanometers.
- narcoanalysis — a method of psychological investigation in which the conscious or unconscious unwillingness of a subject to express memories or feelings is diminished by the use of a barbiturate drug.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- narcotization — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- national city — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- necessitation — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
- necromantical — Alternative form of necromantic.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
- neo-classical — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neo-confucian — of or relating to an eclectic philosophical movement of the 12th to the 16th centuries, incorporating Taoist and Buddhist elements with an adaptation of Confucianism.
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- neoclassicist — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neoencephalon — neencephalon.
- neoglaciation — a phase of renewed glaciation associated with a readvance of ice sheets between the postglacial phase and the present.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neuroanatomic — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.