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

  • non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
  • nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
  • nonproliferation — the action or practice of curbing or controlling an excessive, rapid spread: nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
  • nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
  • nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
  • nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
  • nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
  • north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
  • north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
  • north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
  • north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
  • northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
  • northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
  • northern harrier — a hawk of North America and Europe, Circus cyaneus, that frequents marshes and meadows.
  • northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
  • northern whiting — northern kingfish.
  • northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
  • norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
  • not on your life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
  • nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
  • obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
  • observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
  • observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.
  • observationality — The property of being observational.
  • observer mission — a mission to an area of conflict in order to observe proceedings
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