11-letter words containing a, t, e, n, o
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nation-wide — extending throughout the nation: The incident aroused nationwide interest.
- nationalise — To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
- nationalize — to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
- native-born — born in the place or country indicated: a native-born Australian.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- negationist — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- negotiables — Plural form of negotiable.
- negotiating — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- negotiators — Plural form of negotiator.
- negotiatory — Of or pertaining to negotiation.
- negotiatrix — (obsolete) A female negotiator.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- neo-dadaist — a minor art movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada but placing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the concept generating the work.
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neoadjuvant — (medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neonaticide — The murder of a newborn.
- neonatology — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)
- neovitalist — someone who holds to the theory of neovitalism
- neoytterbia — A former name of ytterbium.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nervuration — the arrangement of the veins in the wing of an insect.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
- neuropteran — neuropterous.
- neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
- neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
- nitroethane — (organic compound) The aliphatic nitro compound CH3-CH2-NO2 that is used as a specialist solvent, and as a fuel additive.
- nitrogenase — an enzyme complex that catalyzes the reduction of molecular nitrogen in the nitrogen-fixation process of bacteria.
- nitrogenate — (transitive) to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen.
- nitrosamine — any of a series of compounds with the type formula R 2 NNO, some of which are carcinogenic, formed in cured meats by the conversion of nitrite.
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- no mean sth — You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.