12-letter words containing n, o, c, t
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- avitaminotic — of or relating to avitaminosis
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- bank account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
- basification — the process of making something alkaline
- baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
- betacarotene — the most important form of the plant pigment carotene, which occurs in milk, vegetables, and other foods and, when eaten by man and animals, is converted in the body to vitamin A
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- bioscientist — any science that deals with the biological aspects of living organisms.
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- block voting — voting using block votes
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- 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 depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- 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.
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- 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