14-letter words containing n, a, s, l, c
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
- narcissistical — Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.
- natural causes — If someone dies of or from natural causes, they die because they are ill or old rather than because of an accident or violence.
- naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
- 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.
- neoclassicists — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neocolonialist — Of or relating to neocolonialism; neocolonial.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- nihilistically — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- non-accessible — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-classified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- non-coalescing — to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
- non-consensual — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- non-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- non-logistical — of or relating to logistics.
- non-scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- 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.
- nonclandestine — not clandestine or secret; open
- noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- noncondensable — lacking the ability to be condensed
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonsensicality — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonstatistical — of, pertaining to, consisting of, or based on statistics.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- novelistically — In a novelistic way.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nuisance value — the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
- numismatically — Of or relating to coins or currency.
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- old-man cactus — a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers.
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- 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.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.