14-letter words containing n, o, p
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- 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.
- monodispersive — Monodisperse.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
- monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monopoly money — fake money used to play Monopoly
- monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
- monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- morphinomaniac — a person with an uncontrollable addiction to morphine
- morphophonemes — Plural form of morphophoneme.
- morphophonemic — noting or pertaining to morphophonemics or morphophonemes.
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- moth repellent — a chemical produced and sold to keep moths off clothes
- mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
- 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 pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
- multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
- multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- myelencephalon — the posterior section of the hindbrain comprising the medulla oblongata.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- napalm bombing — the act of attacking with napalm bombs
- naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
- national press — newspapers which concern national events of a country collectively
- natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- needle-pointer — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.