15-letter words containing y, n
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- neutral density — black, white, or a shade of grey; a colourless tone
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- new port richey — a town in central Florida.
- new york minute — a very short time.
- new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- night-sky light — the faint glow of the night sky, caused by such phenomena as airglow and zodiacal light.
- nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
- non-complacency — Archaic. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act.
- non-conveyances — the act of conveying; transmission; communication.
- non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- non-electrolyte — Physical Chemistry. Also called electrolytic conductor. a conducting medium in which the flow of current is accompanied by the movement of matter in the form of ions. any substance that dissociates into ions when dissolved in a suitable medium or melted and thus forms a conductor of electricity.
- non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- non-flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- nonautonomously — In a manner that is not autonomous, or that lacks autonomy.
- nonavailability — A lack of availability.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
- nonclassicality — The condition of being nonclassical.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- nonconceptually — In a nonconceptual manner.
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonelectrolytes — Plural form of nonelectrolyte.
- nonflammability — The state or condition of being nonflammable.
- noninflammatory — Not accompanied by or associated with inflammation.
- noninflationary — Not inflationary; not likely to cause economic inflation.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- nonstationarity — The condition of being nonstationary.
- normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north yorkshire — a county in NE England. 3208 sq. mi. (8309 sq. km).
- northcountryman — a native or inhabitant of the North of England
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing