13-letter words containing g, n, e, i, s
- night jasmine — Also called hursinghar, sad tree, tree of sadness. a jasminelike, Indian shrub or small tree, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, of the verbena family, having fragrant, white and orange flowers that bloom at night.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- noise shaping — (communications) Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- non-egregious — extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- nonagenarians — Plural form of nonagenarian.
- nonaggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
- noncondensing — Not condensing; of a steam engine, discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonincreasing — not increasing.
- nonindigenous — Not indigenous; not native to an area.
- nonleguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
- nothingnesses — Plural form of nothingness.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nun's veiling — a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.
- nutrigenetics — the branch of science concerned with the effect of heredity on diet and nutrition
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- odontogenesis — the development of teeth.
- oligosiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any polysiloxane having a relatively small number of -Si-O- groups.
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- organoarsenic — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond.
- organogenesis — Biology. the origin and development of an organ.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overingenious — ingenious to a fault