12-letter words containing a, g, o, e
- necrological — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- negative ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- negotiations — Plural form of negotiation.
- nematologist — One who studies nematology.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- non-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- nonalignment — the state or condition of being nonaligned.
- nonantigenic — not antigenic
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- nondelegable — Not delegable.
- nondemanding — not demanding
- nonfattening — Not fattening; not causing one to become fat.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- nonirrigated — not irrigated; dry
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nonsegmental — Not segmental.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
- notoungulate — one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.