10-letter words containing i, n, r, u
- mutterings — Plural form of muttering.
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- n terminus — the amino end of a protein molecule.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- naive user — A luser. Tends to imply someone who is ignorant mainly owing to inexperience. When this is applied to someone who *has* experience, there is a definite implication of stupidity.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- natatorium — a swimming pool, especially one that is indoors.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturality — The condition of being natural; nature, naturalness.
- naturalize — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nebulizers — Plural form of nebulizer.
- neighbours — Plural form of neighbour.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- netsurfing — Netsurfing is the activity of looking at different sites on the Internet, especially when you are not looking for anything in particular.
- neurilemma — the delicate outermost membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve cell.
- neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neurogenic — originating in a nerve or nerve tissue.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- neuroimage — (transitive) To produce an image of the structure or function of part of the brain.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- neurotoxin — a neurotoxic substance, as rattlesnake venom or the poison of a black widow spider.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutronium — (physics) the supposed material composed entirely of neutrons that composes a neutron star.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- nicaraguan — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- nil return — a reply of zero to a request for a quantified reply
- nisi prius — Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
- nitrofuran — A class of drug, derived from furan, used to inhibit bacterial growth.
- non-injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- nonfibrous — Not fibrous.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nonroutine — a customary or regular course of procedure.