12-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- bouncing bet — a perennial soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) with clusters of pinkish flowers
- box junction — (in Britain) a road junction having yellow cross-hatching painted on the road surface. Vehicles may only enter the hatched area when their exit is clear
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- bring action — to start a lawsuit
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cachinnation — raucous laughter
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- caliginosity — darkness
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- canalisation — The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- canalization — the act of canalizing
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canonisation — Alternative spelling of canonization.
- canonization — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cationically — in a cationic manner
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.