13-letter words containing n, e, s, t, c
- neglectedness — the state or quality of being neglected
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoclassicist — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
- nits-and-lice — a yellow-flowered plant, Hypericum drummondii, of the central U.S.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-aesthetic — relating to the philosophy of aesthetics; concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-composite — Nautical. noting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.
- non-existence — absence of existence.
- non-necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- non-obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- non-sectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
- nonassociated — (of natural gas) not associated with a deposit of crude oil
- noncarbonates — Plural form of noncarbonate.
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- noninfectious — (of a disease or disease-causing organism) not liable to be transmitted through the environment.
- nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- nonrestricted — confined; limited.
- nonscientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- nonstructured — not structured; unstructured
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- 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.
- object lesson — a practical or concrete illustration of a principle.
- objectiveness — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- obsolescently — In an obsolescent manner.
- obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
- oneiroscopist — a person who specialises in studying and interpreting dreams
- open sentence — Mathematics. an equation or inequality containing one or more variables in which its truth or falsehood depends upon the values assumed by the variables in a particular instance, as the equation x + 3 = 8.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.