13-letter words containing s, a, c, r, e
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- no-score draw — A no-score draw is the result of a football match in which neither team scores any goals.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-insurance — the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- non-sectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- noncarbonates — Plural form of noncarbonate.
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonincreasing — not increasing.
- nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
- nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- obstacle race — a foot race in which the contestants are prevented in a specific way from covering the full course at top speed, as by having hurdles to jump, sacks enclosing the legs, or potatoes to pick up.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orchestralist — a person who writes or arranges orchestral music
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- orchestration — (uncountable) the arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
- orchestrators — Plural form of orchestrator.
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- organoarsenic — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond.
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overcast seam — a hem with long stitches passing successively over the edge
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.