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15-letter words containing n, e, p, o, t

  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
  • on the point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead
  • one-two (punch) — a sequence of two quick punches, esp. a jab with the left hand followed at once by a hard blow with the right
  • ones complement — A system used in some computers to represent negative numbers. To negate a number, each bit of the number is inverted (zeros are replaced with ones and vice versa). This has the consequence that there are two reperesentations for zero, either all zeros or all ones. ... 000...00011 = +3 000...00010 = +2 000...00001 = +1 000...00000 = +0 111...11111 = -0 111...11110 = -1 111...11101 = -2 111...11100 = -3 ... Naive logic for ones complement addition might easily conclude that -0 + 1 = +0. The twos complement avoids this by using all ones to represent -1.
  • open convention — a party convention at which delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.
  • open enrollment — open admissions.
  • open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
  • open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • open-pit mining — a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole
  • open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • opinionatedness — The state or condition of being opinionated.
  • opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
  • 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 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.
  • optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
  • ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
  • organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • out in the open — knowledge: public
  • over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • overopinionated — too opinionated
  • overpreparation — the act or instance of preparing excessively
  • overrepresented — represented disproportionately or in too large a number (corresponding to the number in the population, etc)
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
  • ozone depletion — harmful effects to the ozone layer
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
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