14-letter words containing t, i, o, u
- non-insulating — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- non-liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- 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-neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- non-nutritious — providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful: a good, nutritious meal.
- non-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- non-resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- non-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- non-ubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- non-uniformity — the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness, homogeneity, or regularity: uniformity of style.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- nonbarbiturate — a drug that does not contain barbiturates
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncirculating — not circulating
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- noncommunicant — a person who is not a communicant.
- noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- nonconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- nonconstituent — Not constituent.
- nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- noncultivation — the state of not cultivating
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondisjunction — the failure of chromosomes to separate and segregate into daughter cells at division.
- noneducational — not educational or related to education
- nonfilamentous — composed of or containing filaments.
- nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.
- nonfunctioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- noninfluential — Not influential.
- nonintercourse — suspension of interchange in relations, especially commercial or political relations.
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonnitrogenous — containing no nitrogen.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- nonutilitarian — Not utilitarian.
- nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- nutritiousness — providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful: a good, nutritious meal.