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17-letter words containing o, p, i, l, a

  • muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
  • negative polarity — the grammatical character of a word or phrase, such as ever or any, that may normally be used only in a semantically or syntactically negative or interrogative context
  • nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • non-proliferation — Non-proliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of something such as nuclear or chemical weapons.
  • 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.
  • occipital condyle — a protrusion on the occipital bone of the skull that forms a joint with the first cervical vertebra, enabling the head to move relative to the neck.
  • oceanographically — In terms of oceanography.
  • office by example — (language)   (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
  • olympic mountains — a mountain range in NW Washington: part of the Coast Range. Highest peak: Mount Olympus, 2427 m (7965 ft)
  • olympic peninsula — a large peninsula of W Washington
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • onomatopoetically — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
  • operation sealion — the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain
  • opportunistically — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.
  • optical carrier 3 — (networking)   (OC-3) A SONET rate of 3 * 51.84 = 155.52 megabits per second, which matches STS-3.
  • optical carrier n — (networking)   (OC-n) A SONET rate of n times 51.84 megabits per second.
  • optical computing — (hardware)   (Or "Optical Signal Processing") Operating on data represented using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. visible light, instead of the electrical signals used in a conventional electronic digital computer. Electronic digital computers are built from transistors. These form components that store data and logic gates that perform the low-level Boolean operations such as AND, OR and NOT that are the basis of all digital computation. The optical equivalent requires material with a non-linear refractive index such that light beams can interact with each other to perform the same Boolean operations. Though the photons that carry optical signals offer some theoretical advantages over the electrons that carry electronic signals, there are many practical problems that would have to be overcome before optical computing could compete in terms of cost, power and speed.
  • optical isomerism — stereoisomerism in which the isomers are identical in molecular weight and most chemical and physical properties but differ in their effect on the rotation of polarized light.
  • pair annihilation — Physics. annihilation (def 3a).
  • palace revolution — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
  • palaeoclimatology — the study of climates of the geological past
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • paleobiogeography — the study of the distribution of ancient plants and animals and their relation to ancient geographic features.
  • paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
  • papanicolaou test — Pap test.
  • paradoxical sleep — REM sleep.
  • parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
  • particle velocity — the velocity of a point in a medium that is undergoing wave motion.
  • particularization — to make particular.
  • parts per million — the number of units (of a substance) present in a million units of another substance
  • pashmina politics — the adoption of political policies immediately after they have gone out of fashion
  • pathological liar — a person who tells lies frequently, with no rational motive for doing so.
  • patriarchal cross — a Latin cross having a shorter crosspiece above the customary one.
  • peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
  • periodical cicada — seventeen-year locust.
  • peripheral vision — all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.
  • personal distance — personal space.
  • personal equation — the tendency to personal bias that accounts for variation in interpretation or approach and for which allowance must be made.
  • personality clash — friction between two people who have different personalities or points of view
  • personnel carrier — a vehicle used for transporting troops
  • petrol filler cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
  • phantom limb pain — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • pharmacologically — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
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