9-letter words containing s, a, e, n
- neckbands — Plural form of neckband.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- negations — Plural form of negation.
- negatives — Plural form of negative.
- neisseria — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- neogamist — A person recently married; newlywed.
- neopagans — Plural form of neopagan.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- net sales — Net sales are total sales after subtracting discounts, returned goods, and allowances for damaged goods.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- new maths — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- new sarum — a city in S England, in SE Wiltshire: nearby Old Sarum was the site of an Early Iron Age hill fort; its cathedral (1220–58) has the highest spire in England. Pop: 43 355 (2001)
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- newcastle — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- newmanism — the views and theories of John Henry Newman before his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, in which he held that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are compatible with Roman Catholicism.
- news case — one of a pair of wooden, metal, or plastic trays divided into compartments for the sorting of type. Compare case2 (def 8).
- news-beat — beat (def 40b).
- newsagent — newsdealer.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newscasts — Plural form of newscast.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- newsqueak — A concurrent applicative language with synchronous channels.
- newsstand — a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.
- newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
- newswoman — a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
- niaiserie — simplicity, silliness, or an instance of this
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- noble gas — any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of group 8A or 0 of the periodic table: helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.
- nominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nominate.
- non-usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
- nonanswer — The lack of an answer.
- nonbiased — Not biased.