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14-letter words that end in nce

  • 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.
  • plagal cadence — a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.
  • poetic licence — If someone such as a writer or film director uses poetic licence, they break the usual rules of language or style, or they change the facts, in order to create a particular effect.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
  • pre-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • pre-conference — a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
  • pre-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
  • preperformance — occurring before a performance
  • pseudo-science — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
  • reacquaintance — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
  • reconnaissance — the act of reconnoitering.
  • reconnoissance — the act of reconnoitering.
  • rejuvenescence — becoming young again.
  • rent allowance — money given to individuals by the government that subsidises the cost of renting a property
  • rhaeto-romance — the group of closely related Romance dialects, including Romansch and Ladin, spoken in SE Switzerland, the Tirol, and N Italy
  • rhine province — a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.
  • road allowance — land reserved by the government to be used for public roads
  • rocket science — rocketry.
  • saint lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • self-assurance — self-confidence.
  • self-clearance — the act of clearing.
  • self-dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-insurance — insurance of one's property or interests against possible loss by the establishing of a special fund for the purpose instead of seeking coverage with an underwriter.
  • self-reference — reference made to oneself, to one's own character or experience, or to a group with which one identifies.
  • self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
  • semi-dominance — incomplete dominance.
  • slum clearance — the removal for rehousing, by the state, of those people who previously lived in slum areas, to prepare the area for demolition and rebuilding
  • social science — the study of society and social behavior.
  • song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
  • spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
  • stand a chance — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • teleconference — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
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