14-letter words that end in ce
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- minor sentence — any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- misremembrance — An incorrect remembrance; something remembered wrongly.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- non-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
- non-cognizance — awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
- non-compliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- non-congruence — the quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
- non-dependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- non-negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
- non-resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- non-resistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- noncoincidence — a failure to meet or agree
- nonconcurrence — refusal or failure to concur.
- nonconformance — lack of conformity.
- nonequivalence — the state or fact of being equivalent; equality in value, force, significance, etc.
- nonmaleficence — A lack or absence of maleficence.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
- observer force — a force deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- of the essence — the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing or its significant individual feature or features: Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- old-time dance — a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
- on the surface — to all appearances
- one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- over the fence — unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
- over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- over-pronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- over-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- overcompliance — excessive compliance
- overconfidence — too confident.
- overdependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
- pearl necklace — jewelry: string of pearls
- personal space — the variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- piece by piece — gradually
- pitching piece — apron piece.
- plagal cadence — a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.
- plastic police — a collective term for several classes of public officer (including community support officers) authorized to perform certain tasks and duties in support of the police force, but having lesser powers than the police