13-letter words containing ont
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- controversies — Plural form of controversy.
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertist — a controversialist
- crowd control — the management of crowds at sporting events, demonstrations, etc, to prevent trouble
- decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- diprotodontid — any of the extinct marsupials belonging to the genus Diprotodon, characterized by having two incisor teeth in the bottom jaw
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
- discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- discontinuous — not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- ectosymbionts — Plural form of ectosymbiont.
- flood control — the act or technique of controlling river flow with dams, dikes, artificial channels, etc., so as to minimize the occurrence of floods.
- fontainebleau — a town in N France, SE of Paris: famous palace, long a favorite residence of French kings; extensive forest.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontage road — a local road that runs parallel to an expressway, providing access to roadside stores and businesses; a service road.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frontier post — an official point where people or vehicles cross over a border between countries
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frontogenesis — the formation or increase of a front or frontal zone.
- frontopalatal — articulated with the portion of the tongue that is just behind the tip touching or near the alveolar ridge and hard palate, as ( (ʃ) ; sh) ) and (; ʒ) ; zh) )
- gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- in contention — If you are in contention in a contest, you have a chance of winning it.
- incontestable — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontestible — Alternative spelling of incontestable.
- incontinently — immediately; at once; straightaway.
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
- land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- local-content — of or relating to the number or percentage of the components of a product, as an automobile, that are manufactured in a specific country: Local-content laws say 90 percent of the components of the car must be made in the U.S. or import restrictions will apply.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mont-de-piete — a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
- montauk point — the SE end of Long Island, in SE New York.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- monte cenisio — a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 ft)
- monte cervino — a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)