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13-letter words containing a, p, o, n

  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
  • ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
  • oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • of many parts — having many different abilities
  • old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
  • on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
  • on one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
  • onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
  • onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
  • opacification — to cause to become opaque.
  • open a bottle — If you open a bottle, you remove the cork or cap.
  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • 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
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opentransport — (networking)   (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
  • opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
  • operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
  • operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
  • oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • 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.
  • optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • optimizations — Plural form of optimization.
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