13-letter words containing nat
- lusus naturae — a deformed person or thing; freak.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mother nature — a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.
- multinational — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
- natchez trace — a road begun in 1806 between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.: about 500 miles (800 km) long.
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- national bank — a bank chartered by the U.S. government and formerly authorized to issue notes that served as money.
- national city — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
- national flag — emblem of a country
- national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
- national hunt — the racing of horses on racecourses with jumps
- national park — an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, or the like, owned and maintained by a national government for the use of the people.
- nationalising — Present participle of nationalise.
- nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- nationalities — Plural form of nationality.
- nationalizing — Present participle of nationalize.
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- native tongue — first language
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- natural levee — a deposit of sand or mud built up along, and sloping away from, either side of the flood plain of a river or stream.
- natural right — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- nature's call — call of nature.
- neonatologist — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- neuroanatomic — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- nitrogenation — to combine with nitrogen or add nitrogenous material to.
- non-carbonate — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- non-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- non-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- non-signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- nonattachment — Lack of attachment, especially freedom from attachment to worldly things or goals, as in some Eastern philosophies.
- nonattainment — Failure to attain a particular standard.
- nonattendance — failure to attend: Members of the society can be dropped for chronic nonattendance.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- noncarbonated — Not carbonated; lacking carbonation.
- noncarbonates — Plural form of noncarbonate.
- nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
- nonpassionate — Not passionate.
- obstinateness — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.