12-letter words containing n, a, r, i, l
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutral axis — an imaginary line in the cross section of a beam, shaft, or the like, along which no stresses occur.
- neutralising — Present participle of neutralise.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- new learning — the humanist revival of classical Greek and Latin studies and the development of Biblical scholarship in the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-clerical — of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- non-oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
- non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- non-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- noncollinear — lying in the same straight line.
- noneditorial — not relating to an editor or an editorial
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonformalism — Absence of, or a belief system that is the opposite of, formalism.
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- nonladdering — (of garments made of knitted material) designed so that the interconnected stitches will not come undone if snagged
- nonlibrarian — one who is not a librarian
- nonlinearity — Mathematics. the quality of a function that expresses a relationship that is not one of direct proportion.
- nonliterally — In a manner that is not literal.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonpractical — Not practical.
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.