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13-letter words containing o, n, c, p

  • deception bed — any of various kinds of concealed or disguised beds designed in the 18th century.
  • decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
  • decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
  • decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
  • decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
  • decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
  • decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
  • decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
  • decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
  • deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
  • deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
  • depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
  • depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
  • diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
  • dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • dodecylphenol — a thick, straw-colored, water-insoluble liquid mixture of isomers having the formula C 18 H 30 O, used chiefly as a solvent and as an intermediate for surface-active agents.
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
  • emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
  • enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
  • encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  • encephalocele — (medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull.
  • encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
  • encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
  • encompassment — The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
  • encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
  • epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
  • epileptogenic — causing an epileptic attack
  • episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
  • exceptionable — Open to objection; causing disapproval or offense.
  • exceptionally — To a greater degree than normal; unusually.
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