12-letter words containing i, o, n, t, r

night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
night terror — 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.
nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
nitrobenzene — a pale yellow, toxic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , produced by nitrating benzene with nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of aniline.
nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
nitromannite — mannitol hexanitrate.
nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
nitrotoluene — (organic compound) Any of several nitro derivatives of toluene; they have a number of industrial uses, and those with multiple nitro groups are explosive.
nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
nocireceptor — a receptor sensitive to pain
nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
non sequitur — Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
non-aromatic — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
non-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
non-electric — pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock.
non-friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
non-inherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
non-itemizer — to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
non-material — not material or composed of matter.
non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
non-minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
non-narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
non-nutrient — nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
non-oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
non-partisan — A person or group that is non-partisan does not support or help a particular political party or group.
non-reactive — tending to react.
non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
nonarbitrary — decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
nonarchitect — a person or builder who is not an architect
nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
nonassertive — Not assertive.
nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
nonbreathing — not breathing

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