13-letter words containing y, n
- nitroglycerin — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- nizhniy tagil — city in W Russia, in the EC Urals: pop. 429,000
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- nobody's fool — person: intelligent
- non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-catalytic — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- non-commodity — an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
- non-complying — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- non-emergency — a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- non-liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- non-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- non-necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- non-repayable — to pay back or refund, as money.
- non-sedentary — accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- non-symbiotic — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- non-viability — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- nonadditivity — the state of being nonadditive or not involving addition
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- noncompulsory — Not compulsory.
- nonconformity — failure or refusal to conform, as with established customs, attitudes, or ideas.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondialyzable — not dialyzable or capable of undergoing dialysis
- nonelementary — relating to a complexity class in computational complexity theory
- nonemployment — Unemployment.
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- nonrecyclable — Not recyclable.
- nonsensically — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonstationary — Not stationary.
- nonsynonymous — Not synonymous.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- nonuniformity — (uncountable) The condition of being nonuniform.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- nonyl alcohol — any of several colorless or light-yellow, liquid, water-soluble isomers of the formula C 9 H 2 0 O, especially having a roselike odor: used chiefly in perfumery and flavoring.
- norethynodrel — a progestin, C 2 0 H 2 6 O 2 , used in combination with an estrogen in some oral contraceptives.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.