11-letter words containing s, i, n, o, r
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neocortices — Plural form of neocortex.
- neoliberals — Plural form of neoliberal.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- neurotensin — A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nitrogenase — an enzyme complex that catalyzes the reduction of molecular nitrogen in the nitrogen-fixation process of bacteria.
- nitrogenise — Alternative spelling of nitrogenize.
- nitrogenous — containing nitrogen.
- nitromersol — a brownish-yellow or yellow, granular, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 5 HgNO 3 : used in alkaline solution chiefly as an antiseptic.
- nitrosamine — any of a series of compounds with the type formula R 2 NNO, some of which are carcinogenic, formed in cured meats by the conversion of nitrite.
- nitrosation — a chemical reaction in which organic compounds are converted into nitroso compounds
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- noirishness — Quality of being noirish.
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- non-sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- non-striker — a person or thing that strikes.
- non-tourist — a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- nonabrasive — not causing abrasion.
- nonarrivals — Plural form of nonarrival.
- nonartistic — not artistic
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonindustry — not related to a particular industry
- noninterest — Not of or pertaining to interest (additional amount repaid as a fraction of money or goods borrowed).
- nonlistener — One who does not listen.
- nonorgasmic — not involving or resulting in orgasm, not able to orgasm
- nonpartisan — not partisan; objective.
- nonresident — not resident in a particular place.
- nonsequitur — Alternative form of non sequitur.
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- nonsteroids — Plural form of nonsteroid.
- nonstriated — not striated; unstriped, as certain muscular tissue.
- nonstrikers — Plural form of nonstriker.