11-letter words containing p, e, n
- nephoscopes — Plural form of nephoscope.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- nephrotoxin — Any nephrotoxic substance.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
- neuropteran — neuropterous.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neutropenia — a decrease in the number of neutrophils in the blood: mild, moderate, or severe neutropenia.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- new planets — the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and (formerly) Pluto, only discovered comparatively recently
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- newspersons — Plural form of newsperson.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nilpotently — In a nilpotent fashion.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- nobel prize — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nociception — The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain.
- nociceptive — Of, relating to, or denoting pain arising from the stimulation of nerve cells (often as distinct from that arising from damage or disease in the nerves themselves).
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- non-payment — Non-payment is a failure to pay a sum of money that you owe.
- non-suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- nonadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
- noncomposer — a person who is not a composer
- noncomputed — Not computed.
- noncomputer — Not of or pertaining to computers.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonemployee — a person who is not an employee of a particular organization
- nonexposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- nonoperatic — not operatic
- nonparallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- nonparental — of or relating to a parent.
- nonpathogen — An organism that is not a pathogen.