17-letter words containing n, o, r

neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
neurotransmission — the transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.
neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
neurotransmitters — Plural form of neurotransmitter.
never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
new expressionism — neo-expressionism.
new orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
niger-kordofanian — a language family comprising Niger-Congo and Kordofanian.
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
nitrogen fixation — any process of combining atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, either by chemical means or by bacterial action: used chiefly in the preparation of fertilizers, industrial products, etc.
nitrogen narcosis — a semistupor, lightheadedness, or euphoria experienced by deep-sea divers when nitrogen from air enters the blood at higher than atmospheric pressure.
nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
nitrohydrochloric — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric acid and hydrochloric acids.
nitroxanthic acid — picric acid.
non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
non-authoritarian — favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
non-authoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
non-certification — the act of certifying.
non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
non-confrontation — an act of confronting.
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-containerized — to package (freight) in uniform, sealed containers for shipment.
non-controversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
non-incriminating — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
non-instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
non-proliferation — Non-proliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of something such as nuclear or chemical weapons.
non-reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
non-reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
non-retroactivity — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
non-stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonalcoholic beer — Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol.
nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
nondiscrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.

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