12-letter words containing nc
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- center punch — a steel punch for marking a spot where a hole is to be drilled
- centre punch — a small steel tool with a conical tip used to punch a small indentation at the location of the centre of a hole to be drilled
- chance music — aleatory music.
- chances are… — it is likely (that)…
- chenin blanc — a white grape grown in the Loire region of France and in South Africa, California, New Zealand, and elsewhere, used for making wine
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- cinchonidine — an alkaloid that is a stereoisomer of cinchonine, with similar properties and uses
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- codependence — (uncountable) The state of being co-dependent.
- codependency — of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.
- coincidences — Plural form of coincidence.
- coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- coincidingly — So as to coincide.
- colon cancer — a type of cancer that affects the colon
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- competencies — Plural form of competency.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- concamerated — Simple past tense and past participle of concamerate.
- concanavalin — either of two globulins, concanavalin B or (more commonly) concanavalin A, that occur in the jack bean Canavalia ensiformis. Concanavalin A causes agglutination of the blood of mammals
- concatenated — Simple past tense and past participle of concatenate.
- concatenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concatenate.
- concatenator — to link together; unite in a series or chain.
- concealingly — in a concealing manner
- concealments — Plural form of concealment.
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- concentering — (American spelling) alternative spelling of concentringt; present participle of concenter.
- concentrated — A concentrated liquid has been increased in strength by having water removed from it.
- concentrates — Plural form of concentrate.
- concentrator — to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.
- concentrical — concentric
- conceptional — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- concernments — Plural form of concernment.
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed