16-letter words containing o, n, e, i, r

newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
nibble mode dram — (storage) A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
no fixed address — Someone who is of no fixed address does not have a permanent place to live.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
no/little wonder — If you say 'no wonder', 'little wonder', or 'small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising.
noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
nomination paper — a document containing signatures guaranteeing the proposal of somebody as a candidate in an election
non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
non-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
non-experiential — pertaining to or derived from experience.
non-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
non-extraditable — capable of being extradited; subject to extradition: an extraditable person.
non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
non-interpretive — serving to interpret; explanatory.
non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
non-intervention — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
non-metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
non-reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
non-repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
non-transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.

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