13-letter words containing n, o, t, i, c, e
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
- carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- carrie nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
- cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
- carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
- case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
- cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
- catechization — The act of catechizing.
- catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
- centenionalis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, first issued by Diocletian as the 100th part of a solidus, later greatly debased.
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- ceremonialist — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- chain reactor — reactor (def 4).
- changing tone — cambiata.
- changing-note — cambiata.
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chromaticness — the attribute of colour that involves both hue and saturation
- chromoprotein — any of a group of conjugated proteins, such as haemoglobin, in which the protein is joined to a coloured compound, such as a metal-containing porphyrin
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cinnamon teal — a small, freshwater, wild duck, Anas cyanoptera, of North and South America, having chiefly cinnamon-red plumage.
- circumvention — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- cocaine habit — an addiction to cocaine
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin