12-letter words containing o, p, e, r
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- newport east — a town in SE Rhode Island.
- newport news — a seaport in SE Virginia: shipbuilding and ship-repair center.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nocireceptor — a receptor sensitive to pain
- non-apparent — readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent.
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- non-computer — a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
- non-operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- noncorporate — Not corporate.
- noncorporeal — Not corporeal.
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- nonpasserine — (of a bird) not belonging or relating to the Passeriformes
- nonperformer — a person or thing that is not performing well or properly.
- nonpermanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- nonrepentant — Not repentant.
- nonresponder — something or someone that does not respond
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nonsponsored — Not sponsored.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- norephedrine — The drug phenylpropanolamine.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- note-perfect — (of a singer or musician) able to sing or play without making any errors
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- obstreperate — to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din
- obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.