14-Letter Words Starting with N

""Of, relating to, or involving the interaction between the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine glands: the neuroendocrine apparatus in birds.""

""See Gun cotton, under Gun. Gun cotton, under Gun.""

Explosive

""ACCOUNTABLE Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.""

ACQUISITIVE Acquired.

BARBITURATE

""CLANDESTINE Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. as, a clandestine marriage.""

Lack of coincidence.

""Not combustible; not able to burn; as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.as, drapery should be made of noncombustible materials. Opposite of combustible.""

COMMUTATIVE Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.

""COMPETITIVE Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination. as, a competitive examination.""

Disagreement

""CONDENSABLE Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable. as, vapor is condensable.""

CONFORMANCE Conformity.

""CONSECUTIVE Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years. as, fifty consecutive years.""

""CONSUMPTIVE Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.""

CONVERTIBLE Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

COOPERATIVE

""CRYSTALLINE Consisting, or made, of crystal.""

Nondescript

""DESTRUCTIVE Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.""

DISTINCTIVE Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

""DOCTRINAIRE One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. as, doctrinaire notions.""

""ELECTROLYTE A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.""

""EQUIVALENCE The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions. as, an equivalence of definitions.""

Not capable of undergoing fission{4}; -- of atoms or chemical elements. Opposite of fissionable.fissionable.

FORFEITABLE Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture.

""INFLAMMABLE Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. as, inflammable oils or spirits.""

INTERACTIVE

""INTERCOURSE A <?/<?/mmingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.""

JUSTICIABLE Proper to be examined in a court of justice.

Neglect or failure to perform.

POLARIZABLE Susceptible of polarization.

""PROGRESSIVE Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde. as, progressive motion or course; opposed to retrograde.""

""RADIOACTIVE Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays, X rays, or any of the allied forms of radiation.""

""RESTRICTIVE Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.""

RETROACTIVE Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

SPECULATIVE Given to speculation; contemplative.

Real spelling of a real hormone (but didn't she direct Sleepless in Seattle?)