13-letter words containing a, p, e, l, i, n
- mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- nail clippers — tool for cutting finger- and toenails
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-episcopal — of or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- non-spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nonapplicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.