13-letter words containing n, o, s, e, a, l
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
- nominal wages — minimum pay
- non-episcopal — of or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority.
- non-essential — not essential; not necessary: Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- non-opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- non-spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorbable — That is not able to be absorbed; not absorbable.
- nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
- nonassessable — (of stock) exempting the investor from any expense or liability beyond the amount of his or her investment.
- nonclassified — arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- nonconsensual — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonessentials — things that are not absolutely necessary
- nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonsensically — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obsessionally — In an obsessional manner.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
- old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- oligosiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any polysiloxane having a relatively small number of -Si-O- groups.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.