10-letter words containing n, a, s, o, l
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicrosilal — a form of cast iron alloy containing nickel and chromium, developed for its hardness, ductility, and resistance to heat
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- nominalism — (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def 5a).
- nominalist — An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
- non-causal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- non-fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- non-saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- non-visual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- nonclastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- noncoastal — Not coastal.
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- nondualist — One who rejects dualism.
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nonpareils — Plural form of nonpareil.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsalable — Not salable.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonsensual — Not sensual.
- nonspatial — of or relating to space.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nonstellar — Not stellar.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normalised — normalisation
- normaliser — Alternative spelling of normalizer.
- normalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of normalize.
- normalness — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- northlands — Plural form of northland.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nostalgiac — A nostalgic person.
- nostalgist — a person who collects or buys and sells items preserved from an earlier era.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- oblateness — (uncountable) The state of being oblate.
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- oblongatas — Plural form of oblongata.
- obsidional — relating to a besiegement
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- off-island — located or tending away from the shore of an island: an off-island current.
- old danish — the Danish language as spoken and written from the 9th to the 14th centuries.
- oleaginous — having the nature or qualities of oil.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- omnisexual — pansexual (def 2).
- on a slant — sloping
- one's lane — on one's own
- onslaughts — Plural form of onslaught.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.