15-letter words containing n, i, a, s
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscellaneously — In a miscellaneous manner.
- miscommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscommunicate.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscoordination — Lack of coordination.
- miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- misvocalization — an incorrect or bad vocalization
- mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
- moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
- mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- motor insurance — insurance for a motor vehicle such as a car, which provides protection against loss in the event of an accident, theft, etc
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mountain rescue — search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
- mountainousness — The quality of being mountainous.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
- multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
- muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
- naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
- name resolution — (networking) The process of mapping a name into its corresponding address. The Domain Name System is the system which does name resolution on the Internet.
- nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
- narcotics squad — a department of the police which investigates crimes concerning illegal drugs
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- nastic movement — a response of plant parts that is independent of the direction of the external stimulus, such as the opening of buds caused by an alteration in light intensity
- nation of islam — an organization composed chiefly of African Americans, advocating the teachings of Islam and originally favoring the separation of black and white racial groups in the United States: members are known as Black Muslims.
- national forest — forested land owned, maintained, and preserved by the U.S. government.
- national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
- national status — the status of someone as regarding their citizenship of a country
- nationalisation — Act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- natural justice — accepted moral principles
- natural realism — naive realism.