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14-letter words containing a, s, t, r, o, u

  • naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • nectareousness — the state or quality of being nectareous
  • neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
  • neutralisation — The act of neutralising.
  • non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
  • non-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
  • non-gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • non-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
  • nontranslucent — Not translucent.
  • north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
  • north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
  • nostro account — a bank account conducted by a British bank with a foreign bank, usually in the foreign currency
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
  • outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
  • outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
  • over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
  • pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • pop-up toaster — a toaster that has a mechanism that pushes slices of toast up when they are done
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
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