12-letter words containing n, o, a, l, i
- nicholas iii — (Giovanni Gaetani Orsini) died 1280, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1277–80.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
- 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.
- nitroaniline — (organic chemistry) Any nitro derivative of aniline.
- nitrogelatin — gelatin dynamite.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- nobilitation — the act of ennobling
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- noematically — in an intellectual manner
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- non-alliance — the act of allying or state of being allied.
- non-athletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- non-bailable — capable of being set free on bail.
- non-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- non-celibate — a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- non-civilian — a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
- non-clerical — of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
- non-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
- non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- non-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- non-detailed — thorough in the treatment of details; minute: a detailed report.
- non-diagonal — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- 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-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-familial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- non-material — not material or composed of matter.
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- non-militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- non-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- non-oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
- 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-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- 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.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nonaffiliate — One who is not an affiliate.
- nonalcoholic — not being or containing alcohol: nonalcoholic beverages.