12-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neurologists — Plural form of neurologist.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- neutrinoless — (physics) That does not contain or involve neutrinos.
- neutron flux — the rate of flow of neutrons through a specified area
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- new rochelle — a city in SE New York, near New York City.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
- nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- 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.
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-clerical — of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- non-cultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-electric — pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity: an electric shock.
- non-erasable — to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- non-granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- non-lustrous — having luster; shining; luminous: lustrous eyes.
- 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-operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- non-oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- non-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- non-vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.