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15-letter words containing i, n, a, p, c

  • nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • nonoccupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
  • nonprecedential — Not precedential.
  • nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
  • nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
  • nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • optical scanner — 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 tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • pacific islands — a U.S. trust territory in the Pacific Ocean, comprising the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands: approved by the United Nations 1947; since 1976 constituents of the trusteeship have established or moved toward self-government. 717 sq. mi. (1857 sq. km).
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
  • paid-in capital — finance: payments from investors
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • pair production — Physics. the simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle by a nucleus or particle in an excited state, as when a photon is absorbed.
  • pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palynologically — from a palynological point of view
  • pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
  • parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
  • parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • participational — involving participation
  • past continuous — past progressive.
  • patent medicine — a medicine sold without a prescription in drugstores or by sales representatives, and usually protected by a trademark.
  • peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
  • peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
  • peak production — the maximum production
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