12-letter words containing n, o, a, i, r
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
- mooring mast — the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- moralization — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
- morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- motorisation — Alternative spelling of motorization.
- motorization — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- mountaineers — Plural form of mountaineer.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- murmurations — Plural form of murmuration.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutarotation — a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- nailer joist — a steel joist having a permanently attached nailing strip, as for securing wooden flooring.
- nanomaterial — A material having particles or constituents of nanoscale dimensions, or one that is produced by nanotechnology.
- nanoparticle — a microscopic particle of matter that is measured on the nanoscale, usually one that measures less than 100 nanometers.
- narcological — Relating to narcology.
- narcotically — In a narcotic manner.
- narcotraffic — Traffic in narcotics.
- narrowminded — Alternative spelling of narrow-minded.
- nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
- nationalizer — One who, or that which, nationalizes.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrological — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neorealistic — Of or pertaining to neorealism.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- nestorianism — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.