10-letter words containing n, s, a, l
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- muscle man — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- muscle-man — Informal. a man with a muscular or brawny physique, especially a bodybuilder.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- musk plant — a perennial North American plant (Mimulus moschatus) of the figwort family, with yellow tubular flowers and, sometimes, a musky odor
- mutualness — The property of being mutual; mutuality.
- myrobalans — Plural form of myrobalan.
- naga hills — a region in NE India and NW Myanmar (Burma), on the India-Myanmar border.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- namelessly — Without using, or revealing a name; anonymously.
- nameplates — Plural form of nameplate.
- nanofossil — A nanosized fossil.
- nanoshells — Plural form of nanoshell.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nationless — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- nauseously — In a nauseous manner.
- nautiloids — Plural form of nautiloid.
- naval base — military stronghold
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- needlecase — A case in which needles are kept.
- neoclassic — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- neorealism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of various movements in literature, art, etc., that are considered as a return to a more realistic style.
- neorealist — Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- news value — newsworthiness; value in terms of its interest to consumers of published or broadcast news
- newsdealer — a person who sells newspapers and periodicals.
- nicholas i — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- nicholas v — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicrosilal — a form of cast iron alloy containing nickel and chromium, developed for its hardness, ductility, and resistance to heat
- nightclass — an evening lesson
- nominalise — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- nominalism — (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism (def 5a).
- nominalist — An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
- non-causal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- non-fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- non-saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- non-visual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- nonclastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- noncoastal — Not coastal.