19-letter words containing n, i, t, r, a, e

national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
natural killer cell — a small killer cell that destroys virus-infected cells or tumor cells without activation by an immune system cell or antibody.
near letter quality — a quality of print that is not quite letter quality, but is better than draft quality
neats vs. scruffies — (artificial intelligence, jargon) The label used to refer to one of the continuing holy wars in artificial intelligence research. This conflict tangles together two separate issues. One is the relationship between human reasoning and AI; "neats" tend to try to build systems that "reason" in some way identifiably similar to the way humans report themselves as doing, while "scruffies" profess not to care whether an algorithm resembles human reasoning in the least as long as it works. More importantly, neats tend to believe that logic is king, while scruffies favour looser, more ad-hoc methods driven by empirical knowledge. To a neat, scruffy methods appear promiscuous, successful only by accident and not productive of insights about how intelligence actually works; to a scruffy, neat methods appear to be hung up on formalism and irrelevant to the hard-to-capture "common sense" of living intelligences.
necessary condition — prerequisite
negation by failure — An extralogical feature of Prolog and other logic programming languages in which failure of unification is treated as establishing the negation of a relation. For example, if Ronald Reagan is not in our database and we asked if he was an American, Prolog would answer "no".
negative resistance — a characteristic of certain electronic components in which an increase in the applied voltage increases the resistance, producing a proportional decrease in current
neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
network termination — (NT, NT1) A device connecting the customer's data or telephone equipment to the local ISDN exchange carrier's line. The NT device provides a connection for terminal equipment (TE) and terminal adaptor (TA) equipment to the local loop.
neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
niagara-on-the-lake — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.
nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
no strings attached — without conditions
no-write allocation — (memory management) A cache policy where only processor reads are cached, thus avoiding the need for write-back or write-through.
non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
non-volatile memory — non-volatile storage
nonforfeiture value — any benefit, as cash or other form of insurance, available to a life-insurance policyholder who discontinues premium payments on the policy.
nonmaterial culture — the aggregate of values, mores, norms, etc., of a society; the ideational structure of a culture that provides the values and meanings by which it functions.
nonproprietary drug — A nonproprietary drug is a generic drug that is essentially similar to a drug with a brand name.
nonrepresentational — not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
north pacific ocean — the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, extending from the equator to the Arctic Ocean.
northwest ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.
not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
notre-dame-de-paris — Also called Notre Dame de Paris [French naw-truh dam duh pa-ree] /French nɔ trə dam də paˈri/ (Show IPA). a famous early gothic cathedral in Paris (started 1163).
nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
nuits-saint-georges — a fine red wine produced near the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Burgundy
observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft
old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
on first name terms — If two people are on first-name terms, they know each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
on no consideration — for no reason whatsoever; never
on the baker's list — in good health
on-the-job training — apprenticeship, learning by doing
operational testing — (testing) A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
operations director — a director or senior manager who oversees the efficiency of business operations
operations research — the analysis, usually involving mathematical treatment, of a process, problem, or operation to determine its purpose and effectiveness and to gain maximum efficiency.
oral interpretation — the study and practice of vocally expressing the meaning of written compositions, especially of literature.
oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
over-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
overhead projection — the projection (using an overhead projector) of an enlarged image of a transparency onto a surface above and behind the person using it
oxidation-reduction — a chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxidized and the other reduced.
paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
pancreatic fibrosis — cystic fibrosis.

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