13-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanofortnight — (jargon) (Adelaide University) 10^-9 fortnights or about 1.2 milliseconds. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals. See microfortnight, attoparsec, and micro-.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- neighboorhood — Alternative spelling of neighbourhood.
- neighborhoods — Plural form of neighborhood.
- neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
- nitrous ether — ethyl nitrite.
- non-cathartic — of or relating to catharsis.
- non-christian — (of a person, country, etc) not adhering to the Christian faith
- non-chromatic — pertaining to color or colors.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonauthorized — Not authorized.
- nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- nontheatrical — not relating to the theatre
- norethindrone — an orally active progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used as a progesterone, especially as an oral contraceptive in combination with an estrogen.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- north african — the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rain forest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.
- north america — the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Mt. McKinley, 20,300 feet (6187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 sq. mi. (24,242,400 sq. km).
- north chicago — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north ossetia — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontornithes — a proposed class of birds that possess teeth