14-letter words containing t, i, n, s
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- muster station — the place on a ship where passengers should assemble in the event of an emergency
- mutual insurer — A mutual insurer is an insurance company which is owned by its members or policyholders rather than by shareholders.
- mysteriousness — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- narcissistical — Of, pertaining to or involved in narcissism or narcissistic behaviour; narcissistic.
- narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
- 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 tests — externally devised assessments in the core subjects of English, mathematics, and science that school students in England and Wales sit at the end of Key Stages 1 to 3
- 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
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- nativity scene — a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- naturalisation — Alternative spelling of naturalization.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- necessitarians — Plural form of necessitarian.
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- 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-kantianism — Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neoclassicists — (sometimes initial capital letter) belonging or pertaining to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles, as in art, literature, music, or architecture.
- neocolonialist — Of or relating to neocolonialism; neocolonial.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- never mind sth — You use never mind after a statement, often a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.
- new australian — an immigrant to Australia, esp one whose native tongue is not English
- new kensington — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- 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
- nielsen rating — an estimate of the total number of viewers for a particular television program, expressed as a percentage of the total number of viewers whose television sets are on at the time and based on a monitoring of the sets of a preselected sample of viewers.
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nihilistically — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- 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.
- ninety-seventh — next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
- nitrocellulose — cellulose nitrate.