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13-letter words containing r, o, u, e

  • neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • neurotoxicity — the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue.
  • neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
  • newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
  • niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nitrous ether — ethyl nitrite.
  • nitrous oxide — a colorless, sweet-smelling, sweet-tasting, nonflammable, slightly water-soluble gas, N 2 O, that sometimes produces a feeling of exhilaration when inhaled: used chiefly as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery, in the manufacture of chemicals, and as an aerosol.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • 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-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • non-congruent — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
  • non-credulous — marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor.
  • non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • non-egregious — extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
  • non-insurance — the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
  • non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
  • non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
  • non-nutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
  • non-recurrent — not recurrent.
  • non-reducible — capable of being reduced.
  • non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • non-requisite — required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer.
  • non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
  • nonauthorized — Not authorized.
  • nonchurchgoer — a person who does not attend church or who attends sporadically
  • nonconcurrent — refusal or failure to concur.
  • nonconiferous — Not coniferous.
  • nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
  • nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nonforfeiture — Lack of forfeiture; failure to forfeit, or exemption from forfeiting.
  • nonfraudulent — Not fraudulent.
  • nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
  • nonguaranteed — Not guaranteed; unguaranteed.
  • nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
  • nonoccurrence — absence or lack of occurrence.
  • nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
  • nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
  • nonrefundable — an amount refunded.
  • nonregulation — not regulation, not conforming to accepted standards
  • nonreturnable — not returnable.
  • nonstructured — not structured; unstructured
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