13-letter words containing n, e, g, r, i, s
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- non-egregious — extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- nonagenarians — Plural form of nonagenarian.
- nonaggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nondecreasing — not decreasing.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonincreasing — not increasing.
- norwegian sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, N and E of Iceland and between Greenland and Norway.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nutrigenetics — the branch of science concerned with the effect of heredity on diet and nutrition
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- organoarsenic — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to arsenic bond.
- organogenesis — Biology. the origin and development of an organ.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overingenious — ingenious to a fault
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
- pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.