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13-letter words containing p, h, o, n

  • 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-ephemeral — lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
  • non-sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • 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.
  • nonunion shop — a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.
  • normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
  • 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)
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
  • not much chop — not much good; poor
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
  • oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • 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 the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
  • one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
  • 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.
  • onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • 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.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • 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.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • 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.
  • ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
  • oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
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