11-letter words containing n, a, s, o
- mutilations — Plural form of mutilation.
- muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
- nannofossil — any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
- nanocrystal — A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.
- nanofossils — Plural form of nanofossil.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nanoscience — The underlying science of nanotechnology.
- nanoseconds — Plural form of nanosecond.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- narco-state — a country in which the illegal trade in narcotic drugs forms a substantial part of the economy
- narrow seas — the channels between Great Britain and the Continent and Great Britain and Ireland
- narrowboats — Plural form of narrowboat.
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nasi goreng — a dish, originating in Malaysia, consisting of rice fried with a selection of other ingredients
- nasofrontal — of or relating to the nasal and frontal bones
- nasogastric — of, relating to, or involving the nose and stomach.
- nasological — the scientific study of noses.
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nationalise — To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
- nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- neap season — the time of year when either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- negationist — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
- negotiables — Plural form of negotiable.
- negotiators — Plural form of negotiator.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neo-dadaist — a minor art movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada but placing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the concept generating the work.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neoliberals — Plural form of neoliberal.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)
- neovitalist — someone who holds to the theory of neovitalism
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- new glasgow — a city in N central Nova Scotia, in E Canada.
- new orleans — a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.