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16-letter words containing s, c

  • newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
  • non-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
  • non-commissioned — A non-commissioned officer in the armed forces is someone with a rank such as corporal or sergeant who used to have a lower rank, rather than an officer of higher rank who has been given a commission.
  • non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
  • non-compromising — an endangering, especially of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one's integrity.
  • non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • non-consummation — the act of consummating; completion.
  • non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • non-monotheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to monotheism, the doctrine that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion.
  • non-narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
  • non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
  • non-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
  • noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
  • 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.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • not miss a trick — to be very alert
  • nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
  • nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
  • 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 pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
  • 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
  • obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • occasional table — a small table with no regular use
  • october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
  • 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.
  • off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
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