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17-letter words containing r, a, m, n

  • non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
  • non-incriminating — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
  • non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
  • non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
  • non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • nondiscrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
  • noninertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
  • nontrinitarianism — The religious belief that rejects the Christian concept of the trinity.
  • normal orthogonal — orthonormal.
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
  • northcountrywoman — a female native or inhabitant of the North of England
  • northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
  • not mince matters — to speak frankly
  • nothing more than — merely, solely
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • nuclear isomerism — isomerism (def 2).
  • nuclear submarine — undersea vessel powered by atomic energy
  • nuclear-isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
  • numerical control — control of a machine tool, or other device used in a manufacturing process, by a computer, other control circuitry, or recorded digital commands.
  • old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
  • omnia vincit amor — love conquers all things
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • one-time password — (security)   (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
  • open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
  • organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
  • orthogonal matrix — a matrix that is the inverse of its transpose so that any two rows or any two columns are orthogonal vectors
  • otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
  • outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
  • over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
  • oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
  • palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
  • pan potentiometer — a control on a stereo sound mixing desk by means of which the relative levels in right- and left-hand channels can be adjusted and hence the apparent position of the recorded or broadcast sound source within the stereo panorama can be controlled
  • parachute payment — a payment made to alleviate hardship resulting from a sudden loss of income
  • parents anonymous — (in Britain) an association of local voluntary self-help groups offering help through an anonymous telephone service to parents who fear they will injure their children, or who have other problems in managing their children
  • parliamentary law — the body of rules, usages, and precedents that governs proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
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