13-letter words containing r, e, l, n, t
- nickel centre — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- night crawler — an earthworm.
- night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nitrogelatine — an explosive, consisting mainly of nitroglycerine, that is used in the production of gelignite
- nitroglycerin — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- noise limiter — an electronic circuit that cuts off all noise peaks that are stronger than some specific maximum for the desired input signal, thus limiting atmospheric and other interference.
- nomenclatural — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-editorial — of or relating to the commissioning or compiling of content for publication, or to a person who does such work: editorial policies; editorial skills.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- non-resilient — springing back; rebounding.
- non-tolerable — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- non-tolerance — a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- noncontrolled — not controlled
- noncreational — Not creational.
- nondeliberate — not deliberate or intentional
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nonelectrical — Not electrical; not operated by electricity.
- nonelectronic — of or relating to electronics or to devices, circuits, or systems developed through electronics.
- nonelementary — relating to a complexity class in computational complexity theory
- nonfilterable — incapable of being filtered
- nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonreflecting — Not reflecting.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonregulation — not regulation, not conforming to accepted standards
- nonrelational — Not relational.
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- nonreturnable — not returnable.
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- norethynodrel — a progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used in combination with an estrogen in some oral contraceptives.
- north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- north channel — a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northallerton — a market town in N England, administrative centre of North Yorkshire. Pop: 15 517 (2001)
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- northern blot — Biology, Medicine/Medical. a procedure for studying the activity of a specific gene, as in testing for a hereditary defect: RNA fragments in an extract of a cell population or a tissue are separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to a filter, and then hybridized with labeled DNA or RNA derived from a laboratory-engineered copy of the gene in order to identify the size and abundance of the RNA expressed by that gene.
- northwesterly — Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- nortriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used to treat depression.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.