17-letter words containing ns
- luggage insurance — insurance against the loss of luggage while travelling
- macroinstructions — Plural form of macroinstruction.
- magnetic constant — the permeability of free space, which has the value 4π × 10–7 henry per metre
- mains electricity — electricity supplied to a building through wires
- make sense of sth — When you make sense of something, you succeed in understanding it.
- marital relations — a euphemistic term for sexual intercourse between married partners
- maternal instinct — motherly urge to protect and nurture
- maxwell equations — equations developed by James Clerk Maxwell (1831–79) upon which classical electromagnetic theory is based
- medical insurance — a type of insurance intended to cover possible future medical expenses
- mensural notation — a system of musical notation of the 13th to the late 16th centuries, marked by the use of note symbols such as the longa and brevis, the absence of bar lines and ties, and the equivalence in value of one note to either two or three of the next smaller degree.
- methyltransferase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of methyl groups from one molecule to another.
- microconstituents — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microdensitometer — a densitometer for measuring the density of minute areas of photographic negatives.
- microinstructions — Plural form of microinstruction.
- midterm elections — elections held halfway through the term of office of a president during which governors, etc, but not a president, are elected
- mill construction — heavy, fire-resistant timber construction within masonry walls, all vertical communication being within masonry towers provided with fire doors.
- misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
- miscommunications — Plural form of miscommunication.
- missense mutation — a type of mutation to a specific protein, that results from the substitution, during translation, of one amino acid for another
- mode of transport — means of travel
- motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
- muenster (cheese) — a mild light-yellow semisoft cheese
- multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
- munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
- negative transfer — the obstruction of or interference with new learning because of previous learning, as when a U.S. tourist in England learns to drive on the left side of the road.
- neurotransmission — the transmission of a nerve impulse across a synapse.
- neurotransmissive — Relating to neurotransmission.
- neurotransmitters — Plural form of neurotransmitter.
- new orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
- non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
- non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
- non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- non-institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
- non-instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- nonconstitutional — of or relating to the constitution of a state, organization, etc.
- nonsense syllable — any of numerous letter combinations without meaning, used in learning experiments.
- nonstoichiometric — (of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer
- old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
- olympic mountains — a mountain range in NW Washington: part of the Coast Range. Highest peak: Mount Olympus, 2427 m (7965 ft)
- olympic peninsula — a large peninsula of W Washington
- operations centre — a centre where activities of a business, organization, etc, are administrated and take place
- over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- over-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- overconscientious — Excessively conscientious.
- paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
- paralysis agitans — Parkinson's disease
- pasteur institute — an organization in Paris that was founded in 1887. It does research on micro-organisms and diseases
- pension provision — the provision of a pension by the state or an employer
- plains of abraham — a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.
- planck's constant — the fundamental constant of quantum mechanics, expressing the ratio of the energy of one quantum of radiation to the frequency of the radiation and approximately equal to 6.624 × 10− 27 erg-seconds. Symbol: h.