16-letter words containing o, e, i, c

non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
non-commissioned — A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces is someone with a rank such as corporal or sergeant who used to have a lower rank, rather than an officer of higher rank who has been given a commission.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
non-contingently — 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.
non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
non-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
non-genealogical — the study of family ancestries and histories.
non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
non-monotheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to monotheism, the doctrine that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion.
non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
nonfiction novel — a narrative dealing with real events and people, written in the form of a novel.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
occasional table — a small table with no regular use
occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
octanedioic acid — a colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid found in suberin and castor oil and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: HOOC(CH2)6COOH
october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.

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