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13-letter words containing n, u, g

  • my giddy aunt — an exclamation of surprise
  • native tongue — first language
  • natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
  • neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
  • neurosurgeons — Plural form of neurosurgeon.
  • neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
  • new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
  • newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
  • nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
  • no such thing — You can say there is no such thing as something to emphasize that it does not exist or is not possible.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
  • non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
  • non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • non-congruent — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
  • non-congruous — exhibiting harmony of parts.
  • non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • non-egregious — extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
  • nonchurchgoer — a person who does not attend church or who attends sporadically
  • nonconcurring — relating to lines that do not intersect or meet
  • nonconducting — That does not conduct (electricity or heat).
  • nonconjugated — not conjugated
  • noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
  • noncontiguous — touching; in contact.
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
  • nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
  • nonhomogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
  • nonhomologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
  • nonindigenous — Not indigenous; not native to an area.
  • nonindulgence — Lack of indulgence.
  • nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • nonleguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
  • nonlinguistic — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
  • nonliturgical — Not liturgical.
  • nonmeaningful — Not meaningful.
  • nonmonogamous — having more than one sexual or marital partner
  • nonregulation — not regulation, not conforming to accepted standards
  • nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
  • noogoora burr — a European cocklebur, Xanthium pungens, that is poisonous to stock
  • north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
  • not a sausage — nothing at all
  • novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
  • novum organum — a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
  • numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
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