13-letter words containing s, r, c, o
- nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonincreasing — not increasing.
- nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- nonrestricted — confined; limited.
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- nonstructured — not structured; unstructured
- nordic skiing — types of skiing in which the heel of the boot is not fixed to the ski, especially cross-country skiing and ski-jumping
- normal school — (formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high-school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.
- 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.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- 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.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- occam's razor — the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
- 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.
- office seeker — a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- oneiroscopist — a person who specialises in studying and interpreting dreams
- onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
- onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- orchard grass — a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures.
- 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.
- orchidologist — someone who is knowledgeable in orchidology
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- 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.
- organosilicon — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing silicon, especially where attached directly to a carbon atom.