11-letter words containing p, e, n
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mount pelée — a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- moving jpeg — (graphics, compression) (M-JPEG) A compression technique for moving images which applies JPEG still image compression to each frame of a moving picture sequence. Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the required frame rate of the picture sequence. There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there are JPEG compression chips (for example see Zoran) which are designed to work at television frame rates and resolutions. See also MPEG and MPEG2.
- mpeg-4 hiln — MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- mudspringer — mudskipper.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.
- multipotent — having power to produce or influence several effects or results.
- mumpishness — the state or quality of being mumpish
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- nail puller — a handheld device used for pulling out or removing nails or fastening devices
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- napa valley — a valley in Napa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of N California, noted for its wine production
- naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
- naphthacene — an explosive solid compound, C 1 8 H 1 2 , derived from anthracene and coal tar: used for detonating high explosives, as TNT.
- naphthalene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble hydrocarbon, C 1 0 H 8 , usually obtained from coal tar: used in making dyes, as a moth repellant, etc.
- naphthaline — Naphthalene.
- naphthalize — to mix or saturate with naphtha.
- napoleon ii — (François Charles Joseph Bonaparte; Duke of Reichstadt) 1811–32, titular king of Rome (son of Napoleon I).
- napoleonite — a variety of diorite rock with a spherical structure
- nappy liner — a disposable paper or fabric liner placed inside a baby's nappy to catch excrement
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- neap season — the time of year when either of the two tides that occur at the first or last quarter of the moon when the tide-generating forces of the sun and moon oppose each other and produce the smallest rise and fall in tidal level
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neopaganize — to make neopagan
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neoptolemus — the son of Achilles, who slew Priam at the fall of Troy.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephelinite — a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.