12-letter words containing nc
- differencing — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- dinner dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- dinner-dance — a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
- disagreeance — (obsolete) disagreement.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disincentive — something that discourages or deters; deterrent: High interest rates and government regulations are disincentives to investment.
- disinclining — Present participle of disincline.
- disjunctions — Plural form of disjunction.
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
- disordinance — (obsolete) disarrangement; disturbance.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- distanceless — without distance
- distinctions — Plural form of distinction.
- distinctness — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- dna sequence — the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
- dog's chance — little likelihood; small chance (usually used in the negative): That project didn't have a dog's chance of succeeding.
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- efficiencies — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- emancipating — Present participle of emancipate.
- emancipation — The fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- embranchment — A branching forth, as of trees for example.
- emollescence — a state of softening before hardening
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.