14-letter words containing n, o, p

norepinephrine — Also called noradrenaline. Physiology. a neurotransmitter, released by adrenergic nerve terminals in the autonomic and possibly the central nervous system, that has such effects as constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and dilating bronchi.
normal pentane — pentane (def 2).
normal-pentane — a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
north thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
not a patch on — not nearly as good as
not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
not-for-profit — nonprofit.
nouveau pauvre — a newly poor person.
nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
numa pompilius — died 673? b.c, 2nd legendary Sabine king of Rome 715–673?
nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
obedient plant — false dragonhead.
occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
of the opinion — If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe.
offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
oligopsonistic — Being or pertaining to oligopsony.
olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
omnipercipient — Perceiving everything.
omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
on one's plate — waiting to be done or dealt with
on the improve — improving
on the part of — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
on the warpath — the path or course taken by American Indians on a warlike expedition.
one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
onium compound — type of chemical salt
opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
open communion — a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.
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.
open to offers — If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
open-reel tape — audiotape, usually 1/4 inch (64 mm) wide, wound on a single reel and requiring a separate take-up reel for playing or recording.
openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
opening gambit — a preliminary or opening tactic

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