17-letter words containing o, p, s, n, i

lincoln's sparrow — a North American sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, having a buff breast with black streaks.
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.
m-expression lisp — (MLISP) The original "meta-language" syntax of Lisp, designed by John McCarthy in 1962. MLISP was intended for external use in place of the parenthesised S-expression syntax.
make no apologies — If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.
malayo-polynesian — a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian
mariner's compass — a compass used for navigational purposes, consisting of a pivoted compass card in a gimbal-mounted, nonferrous metal bowl.
mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
meissen porcelain — Dresden china.
melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
metalloproteinase — (enzyme) Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre.
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mississippi sound — an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, extending from Lake Borgne, SE Louisiana, to Mobile Bay, SW Alabama: part of the Intracoastal Waterway. About 100 miles (160 km) long.
moon and sixpence — a novel (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham.
morphic resonance — the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another
neo-expressionism — an art movement, chiefly in painting, that developed in Germany, Italy, and the U.S. in the late 1970s, emphasized large heavy forms and thick impasto, and typically dealt with historical narrative in terms of symbolism, allegory, and myth.
neo-impressionism — the theory and practice of a group of post-impressionists of about the middle 1880s, characterized chiefly by a systematic juxtaposition of dots or points of pure color according to a concept of the optical mixture of hues.
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.
new expressionism — neo-expressionism.
non compos mentis — not of sound mind; mentally incapable of managing one's affairs.
non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
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.
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 contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
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.
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.

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