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16-letter words containing ni

  • neptunium series — a radioactive series that starts with plutonium-241 and ends with bismuth-209. Neptunium-237 is the longest-lived member of the series. The series does not occur in nature
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • nibble mode dram — (storage)   A standard DRAM where four successive bits can be clocked out of the single data line by successive pulses on the CAS\ line while RAS\ is active. A column address is only required for the first bit. This mode is now unfashionable but can be found on some older 64 kilobit and 256 kilobit chips.
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • nine-days wonder — something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
  • nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
  • nitrosylsulfuric — of or derived from nitrosylsulfuric acid.
  • nitrous bacteria — bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrites in the soil
  • noncommunication — Absence of communication; failure to communicate.
  • noncommunicative — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • nonfinite clause — a clause with a nonfinite verb or with no verb, as the hour being late in The hour being late, we left.
  • nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
  • noninstitutional — Not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution.
  • north carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
  • oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
  • obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
  • oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
  • opening ceremony — a ceremony held in celebration of the start of something
  • opportunity cost — the money or other benefits lost when pursuing a particular course of action instead of a mutually-exclusive alternative: The company cannot afford the opportunity cost attached to policy decisions made by the current CEO.
  • opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
  • optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • organization man — a person who subordinates his personal life to the demands of the organization he works for
  • organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
  • ostend manifesto — a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
  • ovals of cassini — the locus of a point x, whose distance from two fixed points, a and b, is such that |x–a| |x–b| is a constant
  • over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
  • oxonium compound — a salt formed by the reaction of an acid with an organic compound containing a basic oxygen atom.
  • palmer peninsula — former name of Antarctic Peninsula.
  • pantothenic acid — a hydroxy acid, C 9 H 1 7 O 5 N, found in plant and animal tissues, rice, bran, etc., that is part of the B complex of vitamins and is essential for cell growth.
  • para-nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • parents' evening — an occasion when the parents of children at a school and their teachers come together (outside normal school hours, in the evening) in order to discuss the progress or work of the children
  • passive immunity — immunity resulting from the injection of antibodies or sensitized lymphocytes from another organism or, in infants, from the transfer of antibodies through the placenta or from colostrum.
  • peace initiative — the first or opening move in negotiating an end to conflict or negotiating peace
  • peninsular state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • pentatonic scale — a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to the five black keys of a piano octave.
  • period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
  • permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
  • petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
  • phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
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