15-letter words containing e, m, a, n
- nomex underwear — /noh'meks uhn'-der-weir/ [Usenet] Synonym asbestos longjohns, used mostly in auto-related mailing lists and newsgroups. NOMEX underwear is an actual product available on the racing equipment market, used as a fire resistance measure and required in some racing series.
- non-achievement — lack of achievement
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- non-complacency — Archaic. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act.
- non-conformance — lack of conformity.
- non-determinant — a determining agent or factor.
- non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- non-fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- non-mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- non-ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
- nondiscriminate — Not discriminate.
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- nongovernmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- noninstrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonmelodramatic — Not melodramatic.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nonsimultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- norman conquest — the conquest of England by the Normans, under William the Conqueror, in 1066.
- northeast storm — a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow.
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- nutmeg geranium — a southern African plant, Pelargonium fragrans, of the geranium family, having hairy leaves with scalloped margins and nutmeg-scented clusters of white flowers, of which the two upper petals are veined deep pink.
- ocean of storms — the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- of mice and men — a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck.
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- omnidirectional — sending or receiving signals in all directions: an omnidirectional microphone.
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.