13-letter words containing a, n, i
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- netherlandian — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neuroanatomic — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new caledonia — an island in the S Pacific, about 800 miles (1290 km) E of Australia. 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km).
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- news magazine — periodical about current affairs
- newsgathering — of or relating to the process of collecting and reporting the news.
- niagara falls — the falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the U.S., American Falls, 167 feet (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide.
- niagara green — a light bluish green.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- nimonic alloy — type of nickel-based alloy
- nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.
- nitrification — the act of nitrifying.
- nitrobacteria — Plural form of nitrobacterium.
- nitrogelatine — an explosive, consisting mainly of nitroglycerine, that is used in the production of gelignite