16-letter words containing o, n, p

northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
not to go nap on — to hold in disfavour
nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
nueva ocotepeque — a town in W Honduras.
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.
occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
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 the telephone — having a phone conversation
on the up and up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
on the up-and-up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
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
onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
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
onomatopoeically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
open box testing — white box testing
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
open punctuation — punctuation characterized by sparing use of stops, esp of the comma
open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
open-die forging — Open-die forging is a forging process in which the flow of metal is not kept completely in the die.
open-pollination — the pollination of open flowers by insects, the wind, etc. without human action
opening ceremony — a ceremony held in celebration of the start of something
operating budget — money allocated to a project
operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
operating margin — An operating margin is a ratio used to measure how well a company controls its costs, that is calculated by dividing operating income by net sales, and expressing it as a percentage.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
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.
operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
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 rotation — the angle at which the plane of polarized light is rotated when passed through an optically active substance.
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
organ-pipe coral — an alcyonarian coral of the genus Tubipora, occurring in tropical waters, and forming a complex colony of brick-red, vertical tubules joined at intervals by transverse plates.
organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
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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