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13-letter words containing o, p, s

  • mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
  • mycoplasmosis — a disease in animals and humans caused by mycoplasma
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
  • narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
  • nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
  • natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
  • necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
  • needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
  • nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
  • neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
  • nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
  • nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
  • noise shaping — (communications)   Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
  • non-composite — Nautical. noting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.
  • non-episcopal — of or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority.
  • non-opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
  • non-sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • non-spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
  • nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • noncapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • noncompulsory — Not compulsory.
  • nondeposition — the failure to deposit
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nondispersive — not dispersive
  • nondisposable — Not disposable.
  • nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonpassionate — Not passionate.
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
  • nonpersistent — persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
  • nonpossession — the state of not possessing (something)
  • nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
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