18-letter words containing i, o, n, a

national insurance — In Britain, national insurance is the state system of paying money to people who are ill, unemployed, or retired. It is financed by money that the government collects from people who work, or from their employers.
national socialism — the principles and practices of the Nazi party in Germany.
natural convection — Natural convection is the loss of heat from a hot solid or liquid into air which is not artificially agitated.
natural philosophy — natural science.
nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
neo-pythagoreanism — a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.
neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
nervous exhaustion — extreme mental and physical fatigue caused by excessive emotional stress; neurasthenia.
netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product) /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
neuroleptanalgesia — a semiconscious nonreactive state induced by certain drug combinations, as fentanyl with droperidol.
neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
neuropsychological — Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
neutrino astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the detection and measurement of neutrinos emitted by the sun and other celestial objects.
new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
new zealand on air — the operational name for the New Zealand Broadcasting Commission
new zealand pigeon — a large fruit-eating native pigeon, Hemiphagia novaeseelandiae, of forest areas
nightmare scenario — If you describe a situation or event as a nightmare scenario, you mean that it is the worst possible thing that could happen.
nike of samothrace — a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.
no laughing matter — sth serious
no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
nobiliary particle — a preposition forming part of a title of nobility or surname, as French de or German von.
nocturnal emission — the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.
nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
non-accountability — the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
non-characteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
non-circumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
non-contextualized — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
non-conversational — able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
non-denominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
non-ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
non-identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
non-impact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
non-inertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
non-reconciliation — an act of reconciling, as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce.
non-representation — the act of representing.
nonachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing nine chlorine atoms.
nonaggression pact — an agreement between two nations not to attack each other, usually for a specified period of years
nonconfrontational — Tending to deal with situations calmly and diplomatically; not aggressive or hostile.
noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
nonintercourse act — the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.
nonpartisan league — a political organization of farmers, founded in North Dakota in 1915, and extending to many states west of the Mississippi, with the aim of influencing agricultural legislation in state legislatures.
nonpharmacological — Not pharmacological.
nonpreferentialism — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
nonvolatile memory — computer memory that can retain stored information even when not powered, for example read-only memory

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