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14-letter words containing m, o, r, s

  • 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-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
  • 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.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nervous system — the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
  • neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
  • neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
  • neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
  • 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 journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
  • newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
  • no easy matter — If something is no easy matter, it is difficult to do it.
  • non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
  • non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • non-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
  • 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
  • nonchromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
  • nondeterminism — (computing) Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
  • nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • normal divisor — a normal subgroup.
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • north somerset — a unitary authority of SW England, in Somerset: formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Avon. Pop: 191 400 (2003 est). Area: 375 sq km (145 sq miles)
  • north thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • ockham's razor — Occam's razor.
  • ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • officers' mess — a place where officers eat or take recreation
  • omnivorousness — eating both animal and plant foods.
  • ondes martenot — an electronic keyboard instrument in which the frequency of an oscillator is varied to produce separate musical notes
  • oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
  • open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
  • 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.
  • opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • oral eroticism — libidinal pleasure derived from the lips and mouth, for example by kissing
  • orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
  • ornamentations — Plural form of ornamentation.
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