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13-letter words containing a, s, o, n, e, m

  • myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
  • nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
  • nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
  • nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
  • neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
  • neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
  • 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.
  • nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
  • neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
  • neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
  • noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
  • nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
  • nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
  • nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
  • noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
  • nonmainstream — denoting someone or something not in the main current (of style, culture, etc)
  • nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
  • nonmonetarist — a person who does not believe in the theory of monetarism
  • nonrandomness — the quality or condition of not being random
  • nonsystematic — Not systematic.
  • normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
  • normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
  • on one's game — playing well
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
  • ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
  • ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
  • osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
  • overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
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