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18-letter words containing a, p, o, s, t, e

  • misrepresentations — Plural form of misrepresentation.
  • mission specialist — the crew member of a space shuttle who is assigned primary responsibility for carrying out operations related to the payload of the shuttle.
  • moccasin telegraph — the transmission of rumour or secret information; the grapevine
  • molecular spectrum — the spectrum of light emitted or absorbed by a species of molecule.
  • monophosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with a single unit of phosphoric acid.
  • move the goalposts — to change the aims of an activity to ensure the desired results
  • nebular hypothesis — the theory that the solar system evolved from a mass of nebular matter: prominent in the 19th century following its precise formulation by Laplace.
  • neo-pythagoreanism — a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.
  • netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product)   /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • neuroleptanalgesia — a semiconscious nonreactive state induced by certain drug combinations, as fentanyl with droperidol.
  • non-representation — the act of representing.
  • nonaggression pact — an agreement between two nations not to attack each other, usually for a specified period of years
  • nonpartisan league — a political organization of farmers, founded in North Dakota in 1915, and extending to many states west of the Mississippi, with the aim of influencing agricultural legislation in state legislatures.
  • nonpreferentialism — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
  • north truchas peak — a mountain in N New Mexico, near Santa Fe: one of the three Truchas Peaks. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • not a pretty sight — If you say that someone or something is not a pretty sight, you mean that it is not pleasant to look at.
  • nurse practitioner — a registered nurse who has received special training for diagnosing and treating routine or minor ailments. Abbreviation: NP.
  • nurse-practitioner — a registered nurse who has received special training for diagnosing and treating routine or minor ailments. Abbreviation: NP.
  • oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
  • oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
  • off-street parking — spaces for cars located on private property rather than on a public street
  • offset lithography — offset (def 6).
  • open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
  • open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
  • operating expenses — Operating expenses are expenses related to carrying out normal business activities.
  • operating software — software used in the operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
  • operationalisation — Alternative spelling of operationalization.
  • operations manager — business director
  • optical disc drive — optical disk drive
  • optical disk drive — (hardware)   (Or "optical disc drive", "optical storage") A generic term for any device that reads and/or writes optical media, i.e. compact discs, DVDs and/or Blu-ray discs or future media that uses light (from a small laser) to read data off a removable, rotating disk. At least one such drive is commonly installed in most personal computers to allow them to play and/or record audio and video media and load and store data such as program installers. The floppy disk has been replaced by optical media due to its vastly greater capacity, e.g. 50,000 megabytes for a dual-layer blu-ray disc compared with 1.5 megabytes for a floppy (over 30,000 times as much).
  • optical microscope — traditional magnifying instrument
  • oriental scops owl — any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl)
  • outer automorphism — an automorphism that is not an inner automorphism.
  • overpressurization — pressure in excess of normal atmospheric pressure, as that caused by an explosion's shock wave or created in an accelerating airplane.
  • overrepresentation — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
  • overspecialization — excessive specialization, as in a field of study.
  • ox-tongue partisan — a shafted weapon having a long, wide, tapering blade.
  • packet switch node — (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, route and forward packets in a packet-switched network.
  • pair of spectacles — a score of 0 in each innings of a match
  • paleoclimatologist — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
  • par for the course — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
  • pass the hat round — to collect money, as for a cause
  • passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
  • pathname separator — (file system)   The character used to separate elements of a path or pathname. Under Unix and POSIX.1 compliant systems the pathname separator is the (forward) slash, in MS-DOS backslash serves the same purpose. For obvious reasons the no directory or file name can contain this character.
  • patron of the arts — someone who acts as a patron to or supports charities, organizations, and individuals that work in or concern the arts
  • pay one's respects — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
  • payload specialist — an astronaut trained to handle highly complex or classified equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
  • peano's postulates — a collection of axioms concerning the properties of the set of all positive integers, including the principle of mathematical induction.
  • peasant proprietor — a peasant who owns land, especially the land he or she tills.
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