13-letter words containing y, n
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- myelinization — Myelination.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythicization — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
- mythologizing — Present participle of mythologize.
- nailing jelly — like nailing jelly to a tree
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- narcoanalysis — a method of psychological investigation in which the conscious or unconscious unwillingness of a subject to express memories or feelings is diminished by the use of a barbiturate drug.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- national city — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- necessitously — In a necessitous way.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- negligibility — so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- neo-orthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
- nettle family — the plant family Urticaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs, sometimes covered with stinging hairs, having alternate or opposite simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and small, dry, seedlike fruit, and including baby's-tears, clearweed, nettles of the genus Urtica, and ramie.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neuroethology — the study of the role of the nervous system in animal behaviour
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- neurotoxicity — the degree to which a substance is poisonous to nerve tissue.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- new jerseyite — of New Jersey
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
- night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- niminy-piminy — affectedly delicate or refined; mincing; effeminate: A niminy-piminy shyness makes frankness impossible.
- nimonic alloy — type of nickel-based alloy
- nincompoopery — a fool or simpleton.
- ninety-eighth — next after the ninety-seventh; being the ordinal number for 98.
- ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
- ninety-second — next after the ninety-first; being the ordinal number for 92.
- nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.