11-letter words containing u, n, r, s
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotomies — Plural form of neurotomy.
- neurotoxins — Plural form of neurotoxin.
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralizes — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisest; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralize.
- neutralness — The state or quality of being neutral.
- 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.
- neverendums — Plural form of neverendum.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- 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.
- non-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.
- non-tourist — a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- nonconsumer — a person who refrains from using or purchasing certain resources, products, or services
- noncustomer — a person who is not the customer of a particular establishment, or a person who does not buy a product or service
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonexposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- nonindustry — not related to a particular industry
- nonrecourse — (finance) Of or pertaining to a form of financing, typically debt financing, in which the lender's recourse to recovery in the event of default is limited to the collateral asset only.
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nonsequitur — Alternative form of non sequitur.
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nonvascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- normanesque — in the style of Norman architecture, a variety of Romanesque architecture.
- noroviruses — Plural form of norovirus.
- nose around — pry, snoop
- nostradamus — (Michel de Nostredame) 1503–66, French astrologer.
- notoriously — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- nuclear sap — karyolymph
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- number keys — keypad
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- numerations — Plural form of numeration.
- nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.