13-letter words that end in n
- contristation — the act of contristing
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- convalidation — In Roman Catholic canon law, the making of a putative marriage valid following the removal of some impediment.
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- cornification — the process of producing a horn or horny substance
- coronary vein — any of several veins that receive blood from the heart wall and empty into the coronary sinus.
- corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
- corroboration — the act of corroborating.
- corticotropin — ACTH
- costimulation — Alternative spelling of co-stimulation.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counteraction — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countermotion — an opposing motion
- counterperson — a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- crack of dawn — the very instant that the sun rises
- crescent moon — the moon seen as a crescent when waxing or waning
- crop rotation — the system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground so as to maintain or increase its fertility
- cross-section — If you refer to a cross-section of particular things or people, you mean a group of them that you think is typical or representative of all of them.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- customisation — Alternative spelling of customization.
- customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customs union — an association of nations which promotes free trade within the union and establishes common tariffs on trade with nonmember nations
- cybernetician — an expert in cybernetics
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- damnification — That which causes damage or loss.
- dandification — The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- de-annexation — the act or an instance of annexing, or adding to something larger, especially the incorporation of new territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
- de-excitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- decarbonation — to remove carbon dioxide from.
- decerebration — Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- deconfliction — The act or process of deconflicting.
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- decortication — the act or process of decorticating.
- decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.