12-letter words containing s, o, n, a, c
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noise factor — the ratio of the noise output of an ideal device to the noise output of the unit being tested.
- nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
- nominalistic — (philosophy) Having a nominalist character.
- non-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- non-hispanic — Spanish.
- non-monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- non-sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- non-vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- nonapostolic — Not apostolic.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noncancerous — (of tissue) not cancerous, benign
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonclassical — not classical or contrary to classical precepts.
- nonclassroom — not located in the traditional classroom
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonparasitic — Not parasitic.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nonrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonsectarian — not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
- nonsocialist — a person who is not a socialist
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nova scotian — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- oasification — The process of restoring water, soil, and plant life to an environment that has been degraded by soil erosion.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- occasionally — at times; from time to time; now and then.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- of substance — wealthy
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olfactronics — the measurement and analysis of smells through instruments
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- on the cards — likely
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.