11-letter words containing m, r, n
- myringotomy — surgical incision of the tympanic membrane.
- myrmidonian — comprising or resembling myrmidons
- name-caller — a person who constantly resorts to name-calling.
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.
- nanaimo bar — a chocolate-coated sweet with a filling made from butter and icing sugar
- nasturtiums — Plural form of nasturtium.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- near-market — (of rates and amounts) similar to the market rate or amount
- necromancer — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necromantic — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- neurilemmal — Relating to neurilemma.
- neurilemmas — Plural form of neurilemma.
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neurohumour — a chemical substance secreted by nerve endings; a neurohormone, particularly a neurotransmitter
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neverendums — Plural form of neverendum.
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new realism — neorealism.
- newsmongers — Plural form of newsmonger.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- ninnyhammer — a fool or simpleton; ninny.
- nitromersol — a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
- nitrosamine — any of a series of compounds with the type formula R 2 NNO, some of which are carcinogenic, formed in cured meats by the conversion of nitrite.
- nmr scanner — a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
- nomenclator — a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- non-germane — closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
- non-marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- non-mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- nonargument — a fallacious or flawed argument
- nonaromatic — lacking odour or fragrance
- noncomposer — a person who is not a composer
- noncomputer — Not of or pertaining to computers.
- nonconsumer — a person who refrains from using or purchasing certain resources, products, or services
- noncriminal — of the nature of or involving crime.