13-letter words containing o, s, i, a, n, c
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
- illogicalness — The quality of being illogical.
- in one's face — directly opposite or against one
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- income stream — a flow of money into a business
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incontestable — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- incorporators — one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
- indissociable — Unable to be dissociated.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.
- inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
- infant school — In Britain, an infant school is a school for children between the ages of five and seven.
- informercials — Plural form of informercial.
- inscriptional — Of or pertaining to inscription.
- insociability — the state or quality of being insociable
- inspectorates — Plural form of inspectorate.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- interiorscape — An installation of plants decorating the inside of a building.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- intersocietal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- jus canonicum — canon law.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.