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16-letter words containing nc

  • de-concentration — to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
  • debut appearance — debut
  • decimal currency — a system of currency in which the monetary units are parts or powers of ten
  • defence in depth — the act or practice of positioning successive mutually supporting lines of defence in a given area
  • dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
  • dependency-prone — tending to become psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug.
  • descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
  • disconcertedness — The characteristic of being disconcerted.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
  • disincorporation — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • district council — the local ruling body of an urban or rural district.
  • domestic science — home economics.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • eigenfrequencies — Plural form of eigenfrequency.
  • emancipationists — Plural form of emancipationist.
  • emergency centre — a building used, often temporarily, to coordinate the response to an emergency and to deal with some of the problems that arise during the emergency
  • emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
  • emergency worker — a person whose job is to help people in emergencies
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
  • encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
  • european council — an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission
  • experience table — an actuarial table, esp a mortality table based on past statistics
  • family allowance — a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
  • family balancing — the choosing of the sex of a future child on the basis of how many children of each sex a family already has
  • fancy dress ball — a ball at which the guests wear fancy dress
  • field dependence — a psychological trait associated with having an external locus of orientation (contrasted with field independence).
  • finance director — financial manager
  • finance minister — a member of a government in charge of the financial affairs of a state etc
  • financial doping — the situation in which a sports franchise borrows heavily in order to contract and pay high-performing players, jeopardizing their long-term financial future
  • financialization — (economics) Conversion of intangible value into financial instruments.
  • florencio varela — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
  • flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
  • food intolerance — an intolerance of a specific type of food, causing an adverse reaction
  • foreign currency — money used in another country
  • forensic science — the collection of several fields of science to the purposes of law
  • francesco sforza — Count Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
  • franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
  • francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
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