14-letter words containing o, n, s, m

mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
mysteriousness — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
nelson mandela — Nelson (Rolihlahla) [raw-lee-lah-luh] /ˌrɔ liˈlɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1918–2013, South African black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
neo-kantianism — Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.
neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
neo-melanesian — a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
neo-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
neocolonialism — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
nervous system — the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
nil nisi bonum — de mortuis nil nisi bonum
no easy matter — If something is no easy matter, it is difficult to do it.
nominalisation — Standard spelling of nominalization.
non-admissible — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
non-assumptive — taken for granted.
non-autonomous — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
non-consumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
non-homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
non-liberalism — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
non-monogamous — practicing or advocating monogamy.
non-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
non-optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
non-submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
nonchromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
noncognitivism — the semantic meta-ethical thesis that moral judgments do not express facts and so do not have a truth value, thus excluding both naturalism and non-naturalism
noncombustible — not flammable.
noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
nonconformists — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.

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