11-letter words containing t, o, n, u, s
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neurotensin — A 13-amino acid peptide that exerts neuromodulatory functions in the central nervous system and endocrine/paracrine actions in the periphery.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- nitrogenous — containing nitrogen.
- nitrosourea — any of various lipid-soluble, synthetic or naturally occurring alkylating agents that can cross the blood-brain barrier: used in the treatment of certain brain cancers.
- noctilucous — (obsolete) Shining in the night; luminescent.
- non-student — a person who is not studying or enrolled at a school, university, etc
- non-suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- non-tourist — a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- noncustomer — a person who is not the customer of a particular establishment, or a person who does not buy a product or service
- nondiscount — not subject to a discount
- nondisjunct — Not disjunct.
- nonindustry — not related to a particular industry
- nonsequitur — Alternative form of non sequitur.
- nonsolution — a proposed solution to a problem that is deemed inadequate or not a real solution
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
- not so much — less
- notoriously — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- nucleotides — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- numerations — Plural form of numeration.
- nun's cloth — a thin soft plain-weave silk or worsted fabric used for veils, dresses, etc
- nyctanthous — (of plants) flowering at night
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- octandrious — having eight stamens.
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- on the outs — on unfriendly terms
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
- orange rust — a disease of blackberries and raspberries, characterized by an orange, powdery mass of spores on the undersides of the leaves and stunted, misshapen foliage, caused by a rust fungus, Gymnoconia interstitialis.
- organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- ostensorium — ostensory.
- osteogenous — the formation of bone.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- out of sync — out of synchronization (with)
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.