14-letter words containing s, o, u, a, r

molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
multifariously — In a multifarious manner.
multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
nacreous cloud — a rarely seen, luminous, iridescent cloud shaped like a cirrus or altocumulus, approximately 15 miles (24 km) above the earth, and of unknown composition.
nanostructured — Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on the nano scale.
nanostructures — Plural form of nanostructure.
nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
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 person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
nectareousness — the state or quality of being nectareous
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.
neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
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 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-extraneous — introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
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.
nonspectacular — not spectacular
nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
nontranslucent — Not translucent.
north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
nostro account — a bank account conducted by a British bank with a foreign bank, usually in the foreign currency
nuclear fusion — fusion (def 4).
nuclear isomer — isomer (def 2).
ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
on the surface — to all appearances
oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.

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