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14-letter words containing n, o, a, d, p

  • lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
  • leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
  • lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • maldevelopment — malformation
  • meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • non-adaptation — the act of adapting.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
  • nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • obedient plant — false dragonhead.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • open deathtrap — (abuse)   An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
  • open to debate — If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided.
  • openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
  • operation code — (programming)   (Always "op code" when spoken) The part or parts of a machine language instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular instruction set certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give parameters such as the addresses or registers involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in assembly language, the op code is represented by a readable name called an instruction mnemonic.
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • ordnance corps — a combat support military unit responsible for developing and maintaining weapons and weapon systems
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
  • panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
  • pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
  • pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • pentanoic acid — colourless liquid carboxylic acid
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
  • picolinic acid — a crystalline acid. Formula: C6H5NO2
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