12-letter words containing c, a, p
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
- nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- non-hispanic — Spanish.
- non-occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- nonapostolic — Not apostolic.
- noncompliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- noncorporate — Not corporate.
- noncorporeal — Not corporeal.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonparasitic — Not parasitic.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- nonpolitical — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- nonpractical — Not practical.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- ochlophobiac — a person who suffers from ochlophobia
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- office space — part of a building for business use
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open account — current account (def 1).
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).