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14-letter words containing n, y, o, r, s

  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
  • noncrystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • none-so-pretty — sweet william catchfly.
  • nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
  • nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
  • nonsupervisory — not supervisory
  • nonsymmetrical — Not symmetrical.
  • nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
  • norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
  • not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
  • nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
  • nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
  • nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
  • on easy street — well-to-do; in easy circumstances
  • one-way street — If you describe an agreement or a relationship as a one-way street, you mean that only one of the sides in the agreement or relationship is offering something or is benefitting from it.
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
  • overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
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