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14-letter words containing i, n, c, e, t

  • nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
  • nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
  • nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
  • nitrogen cycle — the continuous sequence of events by which atmospheric nitrogen and nitrogenous compounds in the soil are converted, as by nitrification and nitrogen fixation, into substances that can be utilized by green plants, the substances returning to the air and soil as a result of the decay of the plants and denitrification.
  • nitroglycerine — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
  • nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
  • nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
  • non-accidental — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • non-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
  • non-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • non-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • non-associated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • non-coincident — happening at the same time.
  • non-collective — formed by collection.
  • non-commitment — the act of committing.
  • non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • non-completion — the act of completing.
  • non-concentric — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
  • non-conductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
  • non-congenital — having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.
  • non-contention — a struggling together in opposition; strife.
  • non-contingent — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
  • non-convective — to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
  • non-correction — something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
  • non-creativity — the state or quality of being creative.
  • non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
  • non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
  • non-elliptical — pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.
  • non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  • non-indictable — liable to being indicted, as a person.
  • non-infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
  • non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
  • non-occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
  • non-reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
  • non-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
  • non-resistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
  • non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • nonachievement — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
  • nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
  • noncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
  • noncelebration — the failure to enjoy or take part in a celebration
  • nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
  • noncombustible — not flammable.
  • noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
  • noncompetition — relating to an agreement in which one party agrees not to compete with another party during a specific time period or in a specific area
  • noncompetitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • nonconditioned — Not conditioned.
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