16-letter words containing n, e, o, r

new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
new orleans jazz — the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz
new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
newry and mourne — a district of SE Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 89 644 (2003 est). Area: 909 sq km (351 sq miles)
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
nibble mode dram — (storage) A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
nomination paper — a document containing signatures guaranteeing the proposal of somebody as a candidate in an election
non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
non-concentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
non-contemporary — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
non-experiential — pertaining to or derived from experience.
non-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
non-interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
non-intervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
non-metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
non-repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.

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