9-letter words containing a, t, o, n
- mutations — Biology. a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome. an individual, species, or the like, resulting from such a departure.
- mutuation — (obsolete) The act of borrowing or exchanging.
- myomantic — of or relating to myomancy
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- nabothian — Alternative form of Nabothian.
- nahcolite — a carbonate mineral, naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO 3 .
- nanometer — one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- nanometre — An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm.
- nanotesla — one billionth of a tesla.
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- nanticoke — a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- narcotine — An alkaloid found in opium; noscapine.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- narration — something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- narrators — Plural form of narrator.
- narratory — acting to narrate; narrative
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- natatoria — Plural form of natatorium.
- nathemore — nevermore
- nationals — Plural form of national.
- nationism — (sociolinguistics) The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- nationist — (sociolinguistics) A language used for the day-to-day functioning of government \u2013 official forms, intra-government communication.
- natrolite — a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- nautiloid — a mollusk of the subclass Nautiloidea, including nautiluses and many fossil species that were abundant in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
- navelwort — a European plant, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, round leaves and yellowish-green flowers.
- navigator — Netscape Navigator
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- negations — Plural form of negation.
- negociant — wine merchant
- negotiant — a person who negotiates; negotiator.
- negotiate — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neo-latin — New Latin.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nervation — venation.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neuration — venation, as of an insect's wings.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- newtonian — of or relating to Sir Isaac Newton or to his theories or discoveries: Newtonian physics.
- nicotiana — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, especially one grown for its ornamental value, as flowering tobacco.