12-letter words containing o, u, a, c
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- of substance — wealthy
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- open account — current account (def 1).
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp