13-letter words containing l, i, m, e
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
- nimble-footed — able to move the feet agilely and neatly
- nimble-minded — alert and clever
- noise limiter — an electronic circuit that cuts off all noise peaks that are stronger than some specific maximum for the desired input signal, thus limiting atmospheric and other interference.
- nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- non-alignment — Non-alignment is the state or policy of being non-aligned.
- non-claimable — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- non-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- non-medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- noncommercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- noncompletion — Lack of completion; failure to finish.
- noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonfulfilment — the event or act of a promise, threat, request, hope, duty, etc not happening
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
- nonleguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- nonmanagerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
- nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- of a lifetime — unique and special
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- oleomargarine — margarine.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- olympic games — international sports event