15-letter words containing o, p, e, r

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.
neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
new port richey — a town in central Florida.
no respecter of — If you say that someone or something is no respecter of a rule or tradition, you mean that the rule or tradition is not important to them.
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-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
non-improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
non-interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
non-penetrative — (of sexual activity) not involving penetration by the penis
non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
non-repudiation — the act of repudiating.
non-responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
noncompressible — not able to be compressed
noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
noncontemporary — not contemporary
nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
nonprecedential — Not precedential.
nonprescription — (of drugs, medication, etc.) legally available for purchase without a doctor's prescription; over-the-counter.
nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
nonprofessional — not a member of or trained in a specific profession.
nonprofessorial — not professorial
nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
nonstereoscopic — Not stereoscopic.
northern paiute — a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.
northern parula — any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula) having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy
nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
offset printing — offset (def 6).
oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
olbers' paradox — the paradox that if the universe consisted of an infinite number of stars equally distributed through space, then every line of sight would come from a star and the night sky would glow uniformly, which is observationally not true.
on one's uppers — higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer's voice.
on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
on the port bow — within 45 degrees to the port of straight ahead

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