13-letter words containing r, m, e, t
- network storm — broadcast storm
- neuroanatomic — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurocomputer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
- neuroectoderm — (anatomy) The region of the ectoderm of an embryo that develops into the central nervous system and other nervous tissue.
- neurofilament — (anatomy) A neurofibril.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- new amsterdam — a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. Capital: New Amsterdam.
- new criticism — (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.
- 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-motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- noncompetitor — a person or group that is not a competitor
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- nonelementary — relating to a complexity class in computational complexity theory
- nongovernment — Not governmental in nature.
- nonmainstream — denoting someone or something not in the main current (of style, culture, etc)
- nonmonetarist — a person who does not believe in the theory of monetarism
- nonparametric — (of a test or method) not requiring assertions about parameters or about the form of the underlying distribution.
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- normotensives — Plural form of normotensive.
- 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 belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- 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.
- nutmeg grater — a utensil used to grate the seed nutmeg, so that is can be used as a spice in cooking, etc
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
- observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- on good terms — in a friendly way, amicably
- on its merits — on the intrinsic qualities or virtues
- on the market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
- open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
- orchiectomies — Plural form of orchiectomy.
- oregon myrtle — California laurel
- orifice meter — a plate having a central hole that is placed across the flow of a liquid, usually between flanges in a pipeline. The pressure difference generated by the flow velocity through the hole enables the flow quantity to be measured
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.