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

  • national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • national costume — traditional dress
  • national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  • native companion — brolga.
  • neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
  • neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
  • neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
  • neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
  • nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
  • nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
  • newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
  • non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
  • non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • 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-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-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • 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.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • occasional table — a small table with no regular use
  • 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
  • of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
  • ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
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