11-letter words starting with n
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- nematocides — Plural form of nematocide.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- nematodirus — any parasitic nematode worm of the genus Nematodirus
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- nemean lion — a powerful lion strangled by Hercules as one of his labors.
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- neo-dadaist — a minor art movement chiefly of the 1960s reviving some of the objectives of dada but placing emphasis on the importance of the work of art produced rather than on the concept generating the work.
- neo-fascism — a modern right-wing political movement that includes significant elements of fascism, esp inspired by fascist Italy
- neo-fascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neo-hebraic — Hebrew as spoken and written since the Diaspora
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neoadjuvant — (medicine) Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
- neocolonial — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neocortices — Plural form of neocortex.
- neofascists — Plural form of neofascist.
- neoliberals — Plural form of neoliberal.
- neologistic — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neologizing — Present participle of neologize.
- neonaticide — The murder of a newborn.
- neonatology — the study of the development and disorders of newborn children.
- neoorthodox — adhering to the principles of neoorthodoxy.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neopaganize — to make neopagan
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neoptolemus — the son of Achilles, who slew Priam at the fall of Troy.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neostigmine — a synthetic anticholinesterase, C 1 2 H 1 9 N 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis, glaucoma, and postoperative urinary bladder distention.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)
- neovitalist — someone who holds to the theory of neovitalism
- neoytterbia — A former name of ytterbium.
- nephelinite — a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.
- nephoscopes — Plural form of nephoscope.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- nephrotoxin — Any nephrotoxic substance.
- nerve agent — A nerve agent is a chemical weapon that affects people's nervous systems.
- nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.