13-letter words containing m, o, n, a, i, s
- mountain pass — a low point on a mountain that allows easy access to climbers
- mountainously — In a mountainous way.
- mountainsides — Plural form of mountainside.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
- neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- 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 wages — minimum pay
- non-malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- non-racialism — racism.
- nonimmigrants — Plural form of nonimmigrant.
- noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
- nonmainstream — denoting someone or something not in the main current (of style, culture, etc)
- nonmonetarist — a person who does not believe in the theory of monetarism
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- 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.
- normalisation — Alternative form of normalization.
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- occasionalism — a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- one-upmanship — 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.
- onomastically — In an onomastic way.
- onomatologist — One versed in the history of names.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- optimizations — Plural form of optimization.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.