12-letter words containing p, a, n, e
- newspaperman — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspapermen — a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
- nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- non-apparent — readily seen; exposed to sight; open to view; visible: The crack in the wall was readily apparent.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- non-operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- noncorporate — Not corporate.
- noncorporeal — Not corporeal.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- 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
- nonpermanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- nonphosphate — lacking or absent of a phosphate or phosphate compound
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- nonrepentant — Not repentant.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- 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.
- 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 payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- oak-panelled — having panels that are made of oak
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- omelette pan — a frying pan that is designed for making omelettes in.
- on one's pat — alone; on one's own
- on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
- one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- onomatapoeia — Misspelling of onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open account — current account (def 1).
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).