10-letter words containing o, n, t, a, s
- nonascetic — a person who is not an ascetic
- nonclastic — Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- noncoastal — Not coastal.
- nondualist — One who rejects dualism.
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonnatives — Plural form of nonnative.
- nonparties — Plural form of nonparty.
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- nonseptate — not having a septum
- nonspatial — of or relating to space.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nonstarter — an issue, plan, etc., that does not get or deserve to get under way.
- nonstative — (of a verb) expressing an action or process, as run or grow, and able to be used in either simple or progressive tenses: I run every day. I am running home now.
- nonstellar — Not stellar.
- nor'easter — northeaster.
- north star — Polaris.
- north-east — The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
- northlands — Plural form of northland.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- nose about — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nostalgiac — A nostalgic person.
- nostalgist — a person who collects or buys and sells items preserved from an earlier era.
- nostomania — intense homesickness; an irresistible compulsion to return home.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- not a snap — not a bit; not at all
- not to say — You can use not to say when adding a stronger or more extreme description than the one you have just used.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- novitiates — Plural form of novitiate.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- nystagmoid — having a similarity to or characteristics of nystagmus
- oblateness — (uncountable) The state of being oblate.
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- oblongatas — Plural form of oblongata.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- odontiasis — dentition (def 2).
- on a slant — sloping
- on standby — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- one's meat — something that one especially enjoys or is skillful at
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- onslaughts — Plural form of onslaught.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- operations — Plural form of operation.
- orangutans — Plural form of orangutan.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others