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16-letter words containing a, u, t, o, p

  • mispronunciation — (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
  • montes apenninus — a mountain range in the first and second quadrants of the visible face of the moon, forming the SE border of Mare Imbrium: about 600 miles (970 km) long.
  • multiple factors — polygene.
  • multiple myeloma — a malignant plasma cell tumor of the bone marrow that destroys bone tissue.
  • multiprogramming — multitasking
  • municipalization — (economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
  • natural monopoly — the situation when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
  • neuroarthropathy — (medicine) Any disease of a joint that is associated with a disease of the nervous system.
  • neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
  • north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • on the up and up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
  • on the up-and-up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
  • onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
  • once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
  • one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
  • opaque projector — a machine for projecting opaque objects, as books, on a screen, by means of reflected light.
  • open punctuation — punctuation characterized by sparing use of stops, esp of the comma
  • operating budget — money allocated to a project
  • operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
  • optical computer — an experimental computer that uses photons rather than electrical impulses to process data a thousand times faster than with conventional integrated circuits.
  • optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
  • pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
  • palmtop computer — a computer that has a small screen and compressed keyboard and is small enough to be held in the hand, often used as a personal organizer
  • palomar mountain — mountain in SW Calif., near San Diego: site of an astronomical observatory: 6,140 ft (1,871 m)
  • paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
  • part way through — mid-way; before the end
  • partial function — A function which is not defined for all arguments of its input type. E.g. f(x) = 1/x if x /= 0. The opposite of a total function. In denotational semantics, a partial function f : D -> C may be represented as a total function ft : D' -> lift(C) where D' is a superset of D and ft x = f x if x in D ft x = bottom otherwise where lift(C) = C U bottom. Bottom (LaTeX \perp) denotes "undefined".
  • paterson's curse — a purple-flowered noxious plant, Echium plantagineum, a close relative of viper's bugloss, naturalized in Australia and NZ where its harmfulness to livestock has prompted attempts to limit its spread
  • pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
  • perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
  • personal tuition — private tuition
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • photoautotrophic — any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.
  • photocoagulation — a surgical technique using an intense beam of light from a laser or a xenon-arc bulb to seal blood vessels or coagulate tissue, used primarily in ophthalmology to repair detached retinas or to treat certain kinds of retinopathy.
  • photograph album — bound book for photos
  • picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
  • plymouth company — a company, formed in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America and that founded a colony in Maine in 1607.
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