16-letter words containing n, a, p
- 3com corporation — (company, networking) A manufacturer of local area network equipment. 3Com was founded in 1979. They acquired BICC Data Networks in 1992, Star-Tek in 1993, Synernetics in 1993, Centrum in 1994, NiceCom in 1994 AccessWorks, Sonix Communications, Primary Access and Chipcom in 1995 and Axon and OnStream Networks in 1996. They merged with U.S. Robotics in 1997.
- a pox on someone — an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone
- a propos de rien — apropos of nothing; with reference to nothing in particular.
- ability grouping — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- abruptly pinnate — paripinnate.
- acanthocephalans — Plural form of acanthocephalan.
- acanthopterygian — of, relating to, or belonging to the Acanthopterygii, a large group of teleost fishes having spiny fin rays. The group includes most saltwater bony fishes
- accepted pairing — a technique of advertising in which two or more competing products are compared in such a manner that certain good qualities are conceded but one product is made to appear clearly more beneficial or desirable than its competitors.
- accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
- accounts payable — A company's accounts payable are all the money that it owes to other companies for goods or services that it has received, or a list of these companies and the amounts owed to them.
- accrued expenses — an expense which has been incurred but has not yet been paid
- acetyl promazine — acepromazine
- acid metaprotein — a metaprotein derived by means of a hydrolytic acid.
- acquaintanceship — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- acrylic painting — a painting done with pigments in a solution of an acrylic resin: it dries quickly with a brilliance and depth comparable to those of both watercolor and oil paints
- actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
- action potential — a localized change in electrical potential, from about –70 mV to +30 mV and back again, that occurs across a nerve fibre during transmission of a nerve impulse
- active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
- adaptive routing — dynamic routing
- addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
- adenohypophyseal — Alternative form of adenohypophysial.
- adenohypophysial — Relating to the adenohypophysis.
- advisory opinion — an opinion given by a court on a case that does not settle the case but sets out the court's view of how the law or the constitution would apply to that case
- aeolian deposits — sediments, such as loess, made up of windblown grains of sand or dust
- african elephant — a type of elephant that is native to Africa
- airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
- airplane carrier — an aircraft carrier.
- akiba ben joseph — a.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based.
- alaska peninsula — an extension of the mainland of SW Alaska between the Pacific and the Bering Sea, ending in the Aleutian Islands. Length: about 644 km (400 miles)
- all-encompassing — all-embracing.
- allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
- alpha conversion — (theory) In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
- alpha-adrenergic — of or having to do with an alpha receptor
- alpha-interferon — interferon (def 2).
- alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
- alpine bearberry — a related species, A. alpina of European mountains, having black berries
- american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
- american spanish — Spanish as used in Latin America. Abbreviation: AmerSp.
- ammunition depot — a place where ammunition is stored
- ammunition pouch — a pouch for carrying ammunition
- ancestor worship — (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.
- angel-hair pasta — spaghetti made in very fine strands
- angiographically — By the use of angiography.
- animal companion — an animal that is kept as a companion; pet.
- anode dark space — the dark region between the anode glow and the anode in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- anopisthographic — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
- antepenultimates — Plural form of antepenultimate.
- anterioposterior — Alternative form of anteroposterior.
- anthony of padua — Saint. 1195–1231, Franciscan friar, who preached in France and Italy. Feast day: June 13
- anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
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