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14-letter words containing a, r

  • narratological — of or relating to narratology
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
  • national front — (in Britain) a small political party of the right with racist and other extremist policies
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
  • national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
  • national trust — (in Britain) an organization concerned with the preservation of historic buildings and monuments and areas of the countryside of great beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1895 and incorporated by act of parliament in 1907. The National Trust for Scotland was founded in 1931
  • native country — the country someone is born in or native to
  • native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
  • natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
  • natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
  • natural gender — gender based on the sex or, for neuter, the lack of sex of the referent of a noun, as English girl (feminine) is referred to by the feminine pronoun she, boy (masculine) by the masculine pronoun he, and table (neuter) by the neuter pronoun it.
  • natural number — a positive integer or zero.
  • natural parent — biological parent.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • natural rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
  • natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
  • naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
  • naturalization — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
  • nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • navigation bar — (web)   (Always abbreviated "nav bar") On a website, a prominently displayed set of links to important sections of the site.
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • near real-time — denoting or relating to a data-processing system that is slightly slower than real-time
  • nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
  • necessarianism — (philosophy, metaphysics, theology) An extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect; necessitarianism.
  • necessitarians — Plural form of necessitarian.
  • nectareousness — the state or quality of being nectareous
  • needle bearing — an antifriction roller bearing in which long rollers of very small diameter fill the race without a cage to provide spacers between them
  • negri sembilan — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
  • neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
  • nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
  • neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
  • neo-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
  • neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
  • nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
  • net neutrality — the concept that broadband Internet service providers should provide nondiscriminatory access to Internet content, platforms, etc., and should not manipulate the transfer of data regardless of its source or destination: how net neutrality can preserve freedom of speech.
  • neubrandenburg — a city in Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, in NE Germany.
  • neural network — artificial neural network
  • neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
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