12-letter words containing c, o, p, e, r, n
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pen computer — a computer, as a personal digital assistant, having pattern-recognition software enabling it to read handwritten text or drawings input on the screen by means of a stylus.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- perle cotton — a two-ply mercerized cotton thread used chiefly in handweaving and needlework.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pernoctation — the act of staying all night in a place, esp for prayer or as a vigil
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pest control — rats, insects: extermination
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- pindaric ode — an ode consisting of several units, each of which is composed of a strophe and an antistrophe of identical form followed by a contrasting epode.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.