16-letter words containing n, o, s, p

neoimpressionism — the theory and practice of a group of post-impressionists of about the middle 1880s, characterized chiefly by a systematic juxtaposition of dots or points of pure color according to a concept of the optical mixture of hues.
nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0100 and i=0, with both t,f<100); - the dialetheist set, which says that the intersection of some disjoint sets is not empty (for t=f=100 and i=0; some paradoxist sets can be denoted this way).
newspaper office — an office where the editorial and production staff of a newspaper work
newspaper report — a report published in a newspaper
nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
noise prevention — the prevention of annoying or harmful noise in an environment
noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
non-compressible — to press together; force into less space.
non-compromising — an endangering, especially of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.: a compromise of one's integrity.
non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
non-sporting dog — one of any of several breeds of variously sized dogs that may have been developed to hunt or work but now are usually bred for show or as a pet, including the Bichon Frise, bulldog, dalmatian, chow chow, keeshond, and poodle.
non-spuriousness — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
noncompassionate — Not compassionate.
noncorresponding — That does not correspond (to something else).
nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
nonprofessionals — Plural form of nonprofessional.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
observation post — a forward position, often on high ground, from which enemy activity can be observed and, particularly, from which artillery or mortar fire can be directed.
obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
offensive weapon — an instrument designed to be used in attack, or an object which may be used in attack
okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
on your doorstep — If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
one-party system — a political system in which only one party is allowed
open box testing — white box testing
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
operating system — (operating system) (OS) The low-level software which handles the interface to peripheral hardware, schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running. The OS may be split into a kernel which is always present and various system programs which use facilities provided by the kernel to perform higher-level house-keeping tasks, often acting as servers in a client-server relationship. Some would include a graphical user interface and window system as part of the OS, others would not. The operating system loader, BIOS, or other firmware required at boot time or when installing the operating system would generally not be considered part of the operating system, though this distinction is unclear in the case of a rommable operating system such as RISC OS. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around the machines on which it runs. Example operating systems include 386BSD, AIX, AOS, Amoeba, Angel, Artemis microkernel, BeOS, Brazil, COS, CP/M, CTSS, Chorus, DACNOS, DOSEXEC 2, GCOS, GEORGE 3, GEOS, ITS, KAOS, Linux, LynxOS, MPV, MS-DOS, MVS, Mach, Macintosh operating system, Microsoft Windows, MINIX, Multics, Multipop-68, Novell NetWare, OS-9, OS/2, Pick, Plan 9, QNX, RISC OS, STING, System V, System/360, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, TRUSIX, TWENEX, TYMCOM-X, Thoth, Unix, VM/CMS, VMS, VRTX, VSTa, VxWorks, WAITS.
operating-system — the collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and managing storage, input/output, and communication resources. Abbreviation: OS.
opportunity cost — the money or other benefits lost when pursuing a particular course of action instead of a mutually-exclusive alternative: The company cannot afford the opportunity cost attached to policy decisions made by the current CEO.
opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
opposed-cylinder — (of an internal-combustion engine) having cylinders on opposite sides of the crankcase in the same plane
optical illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
organ transplant — an operation in which an organ is transplanted from a donor
organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
organophosphorus — Denoting synthetic organic compounds containing phosphorus, especially pesticides and nerve gases of this kind.
osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.

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