11-letter words containing n, u, l
- nucleotides — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
- nulla-nulla — an Aboriginal club or cudgel for use in hunting and war.
- nullifiable — Able, or allowed to be nullified.
- nullifidian — a person who has no faith or religion; skeptic.
- nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullipotent — (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
- number line — a straight line on which there is indicated a one-to-one correspondence between points on the line and the set of real numbers.
- numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
- numbskulled — (informal) stupid.
- numerically — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
- nummulation — the red blood corpuscles in a small amount of blood that produce a formation akin to a heap of coins
- nun's cloth — a thin soft plain-weave silk or worsted fabric used for veils, dresses, etc
- nutrimental — any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
- nutritional — the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
- nutritively — Concerning, or in terms of, nutrition.
- nutty slack — coal
- obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
- obliqueness — The characteristic of being oblique.
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- occultation — Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
- octonocular — eight-eyed
- oecumenical — general; universal.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- old country — the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
- old russian — Russian as used in documents before 1600. Abbreviation: ORuss.
- omnilingual — Having the ability to speak, or to understand, all languages.
- on schedule — with no delay
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- out of line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- out-lodging — a lodging found outside an area
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outbuilding — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outdazzling — Present participle of outdazzles.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- ov language — a type of language that has direct objects preceding the verb and that tends to have typological traits such as postpositions, suffixes, noun modifiers preceding nouns, adverbs preceding verbs, and auxiliary verbs following main verbs.
- overfulness — the state of being too full
- overindulge — eat, do to excess
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.