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14-letter words containing u, c, o

  • nonconstituent — Not constituent.
  • nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • noncontractual — relating to obligations not expressed in a contract
  • noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
  • nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
  • nondisjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • noneducational — not educational or related to education
  • nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
  • nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
  • nonfunctioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • nonimmunologic — Not immunologic.
  • nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
  • nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
  • nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
  • nostro account — a bank account conducted by a British bank with a foreign bank, usually in the foreign currency
  • not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  • nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
  • obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • occluded front — a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front and forces it aloft.
  • occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • oestrous cycle — a hormonally controlled cycle of activity of the reproductive organs in many female mammals. The follicular stage (growth of the Graafian follicles, thickening of the lining of the uterus, secretion of oestrogen, and ovulation, is succeeded by the luteal phase (formation of the corpus luteum and secretion of progesterone), followed by regression and a return to the first stage
  • offer document — a document sent by a person or firm making a takeover bid to the shareholders of the target company, giving details of the offer that has been made and, usually, reasons for accepting it
  • officious will — a will by which the testator gives his or her property to the natural objects of such bounty, as the family.
  • old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
  • olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
  • omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
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