11-letter words containing a, t, i, l, n
- nastistical — (humour, mathematics) A description of a method, thought by the programmer to be correct statistics, but which is not. An example is averaging together several averages of samples of different sizes. The correct way to do this is to average together all of the individual samples.
- nationalise — To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
- nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- nationality — the status of belonging to a particular nation, whether by birth or naturalization: the nationality of an immigrant.
- nationalize — to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
- naturalised — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of naturalise.
- naturalists — Plural form of naturalist.
- naturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of naturalize.
- naturalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of naturalize.
- navigatable — Navigable.
- navratilova — Martina, born 1956, U.S. tennis player, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- negotiables — Plural form of negotiable.
- nematicidal — Alternative spelling of nematocidal.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- 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.
- 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
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralized — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisedt; Simple past tense and past participle of neutralize.
- neutralizer — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralizes — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisest; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralize.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- night latch — a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.
- night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
- nightingale — Florence ("the Lady with the Lamp") 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nitraniline — (chemistry) Any of a series of nitro derivatives of aniline.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
- non-citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- non-clastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- non-literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- non-optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- non-reality — the state or quality of being real.
- non-typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- nonanalytic — not analytic or relating to analysis
- nonathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- noncommital — Alternative form of noncommittal.
- noncortical — Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- noncritical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- nonfatality — An incident that is not a fatality.
- nonfloating — Not floating (in any sense).