14-letter words containing r, u, s, i, a, n
- microinsurance — (insurance) A type of microfinancial service aimed at low-income people and communities, and typified by low premiums and coverage limits.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mismeasurement — an inaccurate or incorrect measurement
- misunderstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misunderstand.
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mutual insurer — A mutual insurer is an insurance company which is owned by its members or policyholders rather than by shareholders.
- national trust — (in Britain) an organization concerned with the preservation of historic buildings and monuments and areas of the countryside of great beauty in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1895 and incorporated by act of parliament in 1907. The National Trust for Scotland was founded in 1931
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neo-surrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- neutral monism — the theory that mind and matter consist of different relations between entities that are themselves neither mental nor physical.
- neutralisation — The act of neutralising.
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- non-gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- non-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- non-naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
- nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
- nutraceuticals — Plural form of nutraceutical.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parish council — local administrative body