14-letter words containing n, o, s, c, r
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- non-conversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- non-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- non-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- non-iridescent — displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
- non-resilience — the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
- non-resistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- non-structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- nonappearances — Plural form of nonappearance.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- nonchromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
- nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nonfluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- nonformalistic — Not formalistic.
- nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
- nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- nonrestrictive — not restrictive or limiting.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
- nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- nontranslucent — Not translucent.
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
- northern cross — six stars in the constellation Cygnus, arranged in the form of a cross.
- nostro account — a bank account conducted by a British bank with a foreign bank, usually in the foreign currency
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- on the surface — to all appearances
- onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it