16-letter words containing t, a, n, e, u

neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
neurotransmitter — any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland.
nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
nguyen van thieu — Nguyen Van [ngoo-yen vahn,, noo-] /ˈŋuˈyɛn vɑn,, ˈnu-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2001, South Vietnamese political leader: president 1967–75.
nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
non-accumulative — tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
non-quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
non-remuneration — the act of remunerating.
non-remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
nuclear reaction — reaction (def 8).
nuclear transfer — the procedure used to produce the first cloned mammals, in which the nucleus of a somatic cell is transferred into an egg cell whose own nucleus has been removed. This cell is then stimulated by an electric shock to divide and form an embryo
nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
of the nature of — having the essential character of; like
on the up and up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
on the up-and-up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
one-way function — (cryptography, mathematics) A function which is easy to compute but whose inverse is very difficult to compute. Such functions have important applications in cryptography, specifically in public-key cryptography. See also: trapdoor function.
oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
open punctuation — punctuation characterized by sparing use of stops, esp of the comma
operating budget — money allocated to a project
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
ostentatiousness — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
out on one's ear — dismissed unceremoniously
outsmart oneself — to have one's efforts at cunning or cleverness result in one's own disadvantage

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