14-letter words containing n, e, c, r, o, p
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- lip microphone — a microphone designed and shaped to be held close to the mouth, for use in noisy environments
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- morphophonemic — noting or pertaining to morphophonemics or morphophonemes.
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- motion picture — a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- nexpert object — An expert system.
- non-reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- nonappearances — Plural form of nonappearance.
- noncooperation — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- noncooperative — Not cooperative; uncooperative.
- nondescription — Absence of description; failure to describe something.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.
- nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonprovocative — Not provocative.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
- nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.