13-letter words containing p, a, t, r, o, n
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- nitroparaffin — any of a class of compounds derived from the methane series in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by a nitro group.
- non-corporate — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- noncooperator — A person who does not cooperate.
- nonparametric — (of a test or method) not requiring assertions about parameters or about the form of the underlying distribution.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonpracticing — not currently practicing one's profession, religion, etc.: a nonpracticing physician.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- opentransport — (networking) (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
- oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- paranormality — the state of being paranormal
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal