17-letter words containing o, p, e, n, s, t

karitane hospital — a hospital for young babies and their mothers
kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
laplace transform — a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.
least fixed point — (mathematics) A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
let something rip — If you let something rip, you do it as quickly or as forcefully as possible. You can say 'let it rip' or 'let her rip' to someone when you want them to make a vehicle go as fast as it possibly can.
level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
meat and potatoes — If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts.
meat-and-potatoes — fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
metalloproteinase — (enzyme) Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre.
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mode of transport — means of travel
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
non compos mentis — not of sound mind; mentally incapable of managing one's affairs.
non-stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonaccomplishment — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
nonphotosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
nonrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
northeast passage — a ship route along the N coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
on one's doorstep — very close or accessible
on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
on the pig's back — successful; established
on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
one-stop shopping — the provision of everything that a customer or client might require in one place
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
operation sealion — the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain
operations centre — a centre where activities of a business, organization, etc, are administrated and take place
opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies

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