12-letter words containing m, o, n, a
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
- neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
- neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- nitromannite — mannitol hexanitrate.
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noematically — in an intellectual manner
- noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- 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.
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- non-aromatic — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
- non-communal — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-damaging — causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
- non-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- non-dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- non-familial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- non-magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- non-monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- non-monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.