13-letter words containing p, e, a, s
- ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- 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.
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- 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.
- 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-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-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.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonpassionate — Not passionate.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- object pascal — (language) An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- olympic games — international sports event
- 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 parish — receiving parochial relief
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- 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?].
- opera glasses — small binoculars
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating