12-letter words containing o, n, c, e, i, a
- canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon fiber — a very strong, lightweight synthetic fiber used in protective clothing, spacecraft components, racing shells, etc.
- carbon fibre — a black silky thread of pure carbon made by heating and stretching textile fibres and used because of its lightness and strength at high temperatures for reinforcing resins, ceramics, and metals, esp in turbine blades and for fishing rods
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- 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.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
- cessationist — One who subscribes to cessationism.
- chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring