17-letter words containing t, r, o

neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
neurotransmitters — Plural form of neurotransmitter.
new orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
nitrogen fixation — any process of combining atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, either by chemical means or by bacterial action: used chiefly in the preparation of fertilizers, industrial products, etc.
nitrogen narcosis — a semistupor, lightheadedness, or euphoria experienced by deep-sea divers when nitrogen from air enters the blood at higher than atmospheric pressure.
nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
nitrohydrochloric — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric acid and hydrochloric acids.
nitroxanthic acid — picric acid.
non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
non-authoritarian — favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom: authoritarian principles; authoritarian attitudes.
non-authoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
non-certification — the act of certifying.
non-confrontation — an act of confronting.
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-containerized — to package (freight) in uniform, sealed containers for shipment.
non-controversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
non-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
non-incriminating — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
non-instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
non-proliferation — Non-proliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of something such as nuclear or chemical weapons.
non-reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
non-reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
non-reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
non-retroactivity — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
non-stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
nondiscrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
noninertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
nonrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
nonstoichiometric — (of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer
nontrinitarianism — The religious belief that rejects the Christian concept of the trinity.
nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
normal orthogonal — orthonormal.
north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
north lanarkshire — a council area of central Scotland: consists mainly of the NE part of the historical county of Lanarkshire; formerly (1974–96) part of Strathclyde Region: engineering and metalworking industries. Administrative centre: Motherwell. Pop: 321 820 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head

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