14-letter words containing s, i, n, o, r
- motor industry — the manufacturers of cars viewed as a sector
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mysteriousness — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
- narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
- narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- national dress — the traditional clothing of a country
- national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
- 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
- naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- nematodiriasis — the condition, esp in sheep, of having parasitic nematode worms of the genus Nematodirus in the small intestine
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- 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.
- neoromanticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) Fine Arts. a style of painting developed in the 20th century, chiefly characterized by forms or images that project a sense of nostalgia and fantasy.
- nervous nellie — a constantly nervous, worried, or timid person.
- nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
- neuroanatomist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- neuroscientist — the field of study encompassing the various scientific disciplines dealing with the structure, development, function, chemistry, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
- neurosecretion — a chemical secreted by a nerve cell.
- 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.
- neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
- new journalism — journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.
- newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
- newton's rings — a series of bright and dark rings that appear when a convex lens comes into contact with a glass plate, and which are caused by light interference
- nine-to-fivers — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.
- nitrosobenzene — a blue, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 5 NO, that is green as a molten solid or in solution.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- non-aggression — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-aggressive — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-altruistic — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- non-astringent — Medicine/Medical. contracting; constrictive; styptic.
- non-conformist — a person who refuses to conform, as to established customs, attitudes, or ideas.