16-letter words containing i, n, t, o, c
- national costume — traditional dress
- national service — National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
- native companion — brolga.
- neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
- neo-confucianist — of or relating to neo-Confucians or neo-Confucianism.
- neo-conservatism — (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies
- neoconservatives — Plural form of neoconservative.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
- nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- nominal sentence — a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.
- non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- non-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
- non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- non-cohabitation — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- non-conciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-confirmation — the act of confirming.
- non-confirmatory — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-consummation — the act of consummating; completion.
- non-contingently — 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-contribution — the act of contributing.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- non-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- non-intoxicating — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- non-monotheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to monotheism, the doctrine that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion.
- non-narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- non-naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- non-satisfaction — an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
- non-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- noncommunication — Absence of communication; failure to communicate.
- noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
- noncontradiction — absence or lack of contradiction.