13-letter words containing n, o, c, u
- succinctorium — subcinctorium.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- synchronously — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- the conscious — that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- think much of — to have a high opinion of
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust account — an account of property established with a trust company by a grantor, for distribution during or after the grantor's lifetime.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- tussiculation — a hacking cough.
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- un-contingent — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.