14-letter words containing m, o, n, i, t, s
- mountain avens — either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- mountain state — any of the eight states of the W U.S. through which the Rocky Mountains pass; Mont., Ida., Wyo., Nev., Utah, Colo., Ariz., or N.Mex.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multinationals — Plural form of multinational.
- multisectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mysteriousness — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- 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-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- 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.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
- nominalisation — Standard spelling of nominalization.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- 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.
- non-optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- noncognitivism — the semantic meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments do not express facts and so do not have a truth value, thus excluding both naturalism and non-naturalism
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- nondeterminism — (computing) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- on consignment — the act of consigning.
- 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.