16-letter words containing r, o, t, c, e
- non-contemporary — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
- nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
- north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
- north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
- numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
- occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
- oculomotor nerve — either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
- ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
- old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
- on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
- onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
- opaque projector — a machine for projecting opaque objects, as books, on a screen, by means of reflected light.
- operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
- optical computer — an experimental computer that uses photons rather than electrical impulses to process data a thousand times faster than with conventional integrated circuits.
- optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
- orbital velocity — the minimum velocity at which a body must move to maintain a given orbit.
- ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
- osmotic pressure — the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- outside director — a director of a company who is not employed by that company but is often employed by a holding or associated company
- over the counter — If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.