13-letter words containing n, o, m, e, l
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- north olmsted — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- novaya zemlya — two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
- oleomargarine — margarine.
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- one-room flat — a studio flat in which the bedroom, sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- oral examiner — someone who administers oral exams
- oregon myrtle — California laurel
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
- ornamentality — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outsettlement — a distant or remote settlement.
- overallotment — (finance) A greenshoe option.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- oxymetazoline — a sympathomimetic drug, C 1 6 H 2 4 N 2 O, used as a topical, long-lasting nasal decongestant.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
- phenomenology — the study of phenomena.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis