13-letter words containing nc
- bouncing bomb — a bomb used by the RAF in World War II, designed to bounce along water
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- branch office — the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- breast cancer — cancer affecting the breasts
- bronchiolitis — a condition in which the small airways in the lungs become inflamed by a virus. It is most common in infants, who become breathless in severe cases. Recurrent attacks may lead to asthma
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- by any chance — You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- cape province — a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town
- cape-province — a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
- car allowance — an amount of money that an employer gives an employee who needs to use his or her car as part of his or job
- car insurance — financial protection against loss as a result of an automobile accident or theft
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
- cause offence — If you cause offence or give offence to someone, you say or do something rude which upsets or embarrasses them.
- centrifugence — the property of being centrifugal
- chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
- circumjacency — the state of being circumjacent
- circumstanced — simple past tense and past participle of circumstance.
- circumstances — someone's financial situation
- civil defence — Civil defence is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
- clincher tire — an automobile tire having on each side of its inner circumference a rubber flange that fits under the turned-over edge of the wheel rim.
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- closed stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is positioned closer to the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- co-dependence — joint dependence between two or more beings
- co-dependency — a state of mutual dependence between two people, esp when one partner relies emotionally on supporting and caring for the other partner
- co-occurrence — the fact of two things happening at the same time
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coinheritance — joint inheritance
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- commencements — Plural form of commencement.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- comprovincial — belonging to the same province
- concatenating — Present participle of concatenate.
- concatenation — A concatenation of things or events is their occurrence one after another, because they are linked.
- concatenative — Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive.
- conceitedness — having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.