12-letter words that end in ce
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- museum piece — something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum.
- neuroscience — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
- night office — the office for matins.
- noctilucence — (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.
- non-alliance — the act of allying or state of being allied.
- non-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- non-violence — absence or lack of violence; state or condition of avoiding violence.
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nonexistence — absence of existence.
- noninfluence — a lack of influence, failure to influence
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonobedience — absence or lack of obedience.
- nonoccurence — Misspelling of nonoccurrence.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- not a chance — no possibility
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- of substance — wealthy
- off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
- off-the-face — (of a woman's hat) made without a brim.
- office space — part of a building for business use
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- on the fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- outreproduce — to reproduce more prolifically than
- overbearance — (rare, or, obsolete) Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- participance — participation.
- pearlescence — a pearly lustre or sheen
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- period piece — something, as a novel, painting, or building, of interest or value primarily because it evokes or epitomizes a particular period of history.
- perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- phosphoresce — to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
- picket fence — a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
- plenipotence — the possession of total authority