10-letter words containing u, r, l
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neurocoele — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- neurolemma — (neurology) the outermost nucleated cytoplasmic layer of Schwann cells that surrounds the axon of the neuron.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- neurolysin — (neuroscience, toxicology) A neurotoxin.
- neurolysis — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neutralino — (physics) Any of several hypothetical particles, predicted by supersymmetry, related to neutrinos.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutrality — the state of being neutral.
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- new labour — a rebranding of the British Labour Party and its policies undertaken by Tony Blair and his supporters in the run-up to the 1997 general election in Great Britain and maintained during the Labour Party's period of government under Blair's premiership. Never an official title, it denotes the more right-wing/social democratic trend in Labour thinking and policy intended to make the party electable after its electoral catastrophes of the 1980s
- nil return — a reply of zero to a request for a quantified reply
- non-neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nonaccrual — (finance) Not of or relating to accrual.
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- nondurable — not resistant to wear, decay, etc.; not sturdy: nondurable fabrics.
- nonharmful — Not harmful.
- nonnatural — Not involving or manifesting natural means or processes.
- nonnuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nuclearize — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nullifiers — Plural form of nullifier.
- nulliparae — Plural form of nullipara.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- numberable — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberless — innumerable; countless; myriad.
- numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- numerously — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- oculogyric — (medicine) Pertaining to the rotation of the eyeballs within their orbits.
- oculomotor — moving or tending to move the eyeball: an oculomotor muscle.
- off colour — not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
- off-colour — not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
- oil burner — a furnace, boiler, or other device that burns fuel oil.
- old turkic — the Turkic languages or dialects spoken in Central Asia from the 8th to the 10th centuries.
- oleiferous — giving rise to oil, as certain seeds or hypha.
- oleo strut — a hydraulic device used as a shock absorber in the landing gear of aircraft, consisting of an oil-filled cylinder fitted with a hollow, perforated piston into which oil is slowly forced when a compressive force is applied to the landing gear, as in a landing.
- oleraceous — having the qualities or nature of a pot-herb for cookery
- oleuropein — (organic compound) A complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.
- one-lunger — a one-cylinder internal-combustion engine.
- oort cloud — a region of the solar system far beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto in which billions of comets move in nearly circular orbits unless one is pulled into a highly eccentric elliptical orbit by a passing star. Compare Kuiper belt.
- operculate — having an operculum.