12-letter words containing n, o, a, i, r

neurilemmoma — A schwannoma.
neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
neuroimaging — (neurology) The generation of images showing brain activity (or activity in other parts of the nervous system). (from 20th c.).
neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
nitromannite — mannitol hexanitrate.
nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
nitrosamines — Plural form of nitrosamine.
nitroscanate — The ether analogue of amoscanate, used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic.
nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
noise margin — (electronics) The voltage difference between the guaranteed output level and the required input voltage level of a logic gate.
non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
non-aromatic — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
non-clerical — of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
non-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
non-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
non-material — not material or composed of matter.
non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
non-narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
non-oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
non-partisan — A person or group that is non-partisan does not support or help a particular political party or group.
non-reactive — tending to react.
non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
non-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
non-remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
non-riparian — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
non-ruminant — any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
non-terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
nonagenarian — of the age of 90 years, or between 90 and 100 years old.
nonarbitrary — decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
nonarchitect — a person or builder who is not an architect

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