11-letter words containing n, s, h
- nettle rash — urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- new english — Modern English.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- night shift — the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- night stand — small bedside table
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightlights — Plural form of nightlight.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nightshades — Plural form of nightshade.
- nightshirts — Plural form of nightshirt.
- nightstands — Plural form of nightstand.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- nineteenths — Plural form of nineteenth.
- nishinomiya — a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- no mean sth — You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.
- noah's dove — the constellation Columba.
- noirishness — Quality of being noirish.
- non-hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- nonadhesive — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- noncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- nonetheless — however; nevertheless.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nontheistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- north adams — a city in NW Massachusetts.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- northeaster — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- northermost — Synonym of northernmost.
- northerners — Plural form of northerner.
- northernism — a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners
- northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
- not so much — less
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nothingness — the state of being nothing.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.