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14-letter words containing n, o, p

  • nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
  • neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
  • neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
  • neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
  • new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
  • newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
  • nexpert object — An expert system.
  • nicotine patch — plaster to quit smoking
  • nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
  • nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
  • non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • non-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • non-adaptation — the act of adapting.
  • non-appealable — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
  • non-applicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
  • non-assumptive — taken for granted.
  • non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • non-completion — the act of completing.
  • non-compliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
  • non-complicity — the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.
  • non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
  • non-dependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • non-dispersive — serving or tending to disperse.
  • non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • non-elliptical — pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.
  • non-expiration — a coming to an end; termination; close: the expiration of a contract.
  • non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
  • non-impairment — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
  • non-imperative — of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
  • non-oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • non-optimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • non-polynomial — (complexity)   The set or property of problems for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known. This includes problems for which the only known algorithms require a number of steps which increases exponentially with the size of the problem, and those for which no algorithm at all is known. Within these two there are problems which are "provably difficult" and "provably unsolvable".
  • 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.
  • non-repairable — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
  • non-repetition — the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.
  • non-repetitive — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
  • non-reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • non-respirable — capable of being respired.
  • non-responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • non-separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • non-suspension — the act of suspending.
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