14-letter words containing m, i, s, n, a
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mutual insurer — A mutual insurer is an insurance company which is owned by its members or policyholders rather than by shareholders.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- necessarianism — (philosophy, metaphysics, theology) An extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect; necessitarianism.
- negri sembilan — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
- neo-kantianism — Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.
- 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.
- 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.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nominalisation — Standard spelling of nominalization.
- non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- non-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- non-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- nondimensional — Not dimensional.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- numa pompilius — died 673? b.c, 2nd legendary Sabine king of Rome 715–673?
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- options market — a market in which options are traded
- ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overestimating — Present participle of overestimate.