14-letter words containing l, o, n, i, e
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
- national tests — externally devised assessments in the core subjects of English, mathematics, and science that school students in England and Wales sit at the end of Key Stages 1 to 3
- neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
- needle-pointer — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neo-melanesian — a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
- neo-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- neoclassicists — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neocolonialist — Of or relating to neocolonialism; neocolonial.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurogenically — by neural activity
- neurologically — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
- neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
- neutralisation — The act of neutralising.
- neutralization — the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.
- new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- nicene council — either of two church councils that met at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 to deal with the Arian heresy, the second in a.d. 787 to consider the question of the veneration of images.
- nile crocodile — the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- nitrogen cycle — the continuous sequence of events by which atmospheric nitrogen and nitrogenous compounds in the soil are converted, as by nitrification and nitrogen fixation, into substances that can be utilized by green plants, the substances returning to the air and soil as a result of the decay of the plants and denitrification.
- nitroglycerine — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- no time at all — briefest moment
- nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
- nomenclatorial — Relating to nomenclature.
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- non-accessible — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- non-accidental — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
- non-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- non-affiliated — not associated with a particular group, organization, etc
- non-alienation — the act of alienating, or of causing someone to become indifferent or hostile: The advocacy group fights against prejudice and social alienation of immigrants.
- non-applicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- non-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- non-beneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.