12-letter words containing not
- not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
- not much cop — If you say that something is not much cop, you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing.
- not so dusty — not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
- not to worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- not-a-number — (mathematics) (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- notarization — the act of notarizing (a document) or a record thereof; certification
- notch effect — the increase in stress in an area of a component near a crack, depression, etc, or a change in section, such as a sharp angle: can be enough to cause failure of the component although the calculated average stress may be quite safe
- note of hand — promissory note.
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- noteworthily — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
- nothing much — not a lot
- nothingarian — A person of no particular beliefs.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- notification — a formal notifying or informing.
- notoungulate — one of the herbivorous, hoofed mammals of the extinct order Notoungulata, best known from the Paleocene to the Pleistocene Epochs of South America.
- or no/or not — You use or no or or not to emphasize that a particular thing makes no difference to what is going to happen.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- pinot grigio — a variety of grape, grown in Italy for wine-making
- post-it note — a small square of sticky paper on which notes can be written
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- project note — a short-term municipal note issued by a local government housing agency to finance a public housing project.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- quarter note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- short notice — little warning
- sleeve notes — the printed information on a record sleeve
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- snotty-nosed — child: runny nose
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
- tie the knot — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- unnoteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- unnoticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.