15-letter words containing o, n, p, r, i
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multum in parvo — much in a small space
- municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- ncr corporation — (company) Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. In 1991 it was absorbed by AT&T (see dinosaurs mating), only to be spat out again in 1996. NCR mainframes of the 1960's are remembered by some for their hardware incompatibility with IBM mainframes: NCR punched round holes in their punched cards while IBM punched rectangular ones. The codes and machines were not compatible and information could not be easily shared between NCR and IBM customers.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- new port richey — a town in central Florida.
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- non prosequitur — a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit when the plaintiff does not appear in court to prosecute it.
- non-compression — the act of compressing.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.