16-letter words containing n, o, r, s, e
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neurotransmitter — any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- new frontiersman — an advocate or follower of the New Frontier, especially one in public service.
- new orleans jazz — the jazz originating in New Orleans from about 1914; traditional jazz
- newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
- newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
- nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
- nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
- no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
- noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
- non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
- non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- non-transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
- nonrecourse loan — a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.
- nontransmissible — Not transmissible.
- nontransmittable — Not transmittable.
- north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
- north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
- northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
- northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
- nuclear emulsion — a photographic emulsion in the form of a thick block, used to record the tracks of elementary particles.
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
- observation ward — a ward in a hospital where patients are monitored
- observationalist — One who relies on empirical observations.