16-letter words containing c, a, p, i, t
- nonparticipating — (of a person or thing) not participating: No penalties were given to nonparticipating students.
- nonparticipation — absence of participation: Nonparticipation of citizens in political matters hampers efforts toward better government.
- nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- objective pascal — An extension of the PASCAL language which provides the possibility to use object-oriented programming constructs.
- occipitotemporal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the occiput and temporal lobe.
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open punctuation — punctuation characterized by sparing use of stops, esp of the comma
- operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
- ophthalmological — Pertaining to ophthalmology.
- optical activity — the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
- 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.
- optical rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
- optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- orthographically — In an orthographical manner; using proper spelling, capitalization and grammar.
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
- osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
- over-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- over-expectation — the act or the state of expecting: to wait in expectation.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
- overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- 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.
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
- paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
- pain in the neck — source of annoyance
- palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
- paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
- palmitoleic acid — a colorless, unsaturated fatty acid, C 1 6 H 3 0 O 2 , occurring in oils and fats of plants and animals.
- pancreatic juice — a thick, colorless, very alkaline fluid secreted by the pancreas, containing enzymes that break down protein, fat, and starch.
- pantothenic acid — a hydroxy acid, C 9 H 1 7 O 5 N, found in plant and animal tissues, rice, bran, etc., that is part of the B complex of vitamins and is essential for cell growth.
- parachute rigger — a person who inspects, repairs, and packs or folds parachutes.
- paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
- parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- partial fraction — one of the fractions into which a given fraction can be resolved, the sum of such simpler fractions being equal to the given fraction: Partial fractions of 5/(x2−x) are 5/(x−1) and −5/x.
- 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".
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- pathetic fallacy — the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
- pattern matching — 1. A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. For example, the function length [] = 0 length (x:xs) = 1 + length xs uses pattern matching in its argument to distinguish a null list from a non-null one. There are well known algorithm for translating pattern matching into conditional expressions such as "if" or "case". E.g. the above function could be transformed to 2. Descriptive of a type of language or utility such as awk or Perl which is suited to searching for strings or patterns in input data, usually using some kind of regular expression.