12-letter words containing p, i, e, o
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- no exception — If you make a general statement, and then say that something or someone is no exception, you are emphasizing that they are included in that statement.
- nobel prizes — 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.
- nocireceptor — a receptor sensitive to pain
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- non-pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- non-specific — Non-specific medical conditions or symptoms have more than one possible cause.
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonpasserine — (of a bird) not belonging or relating to the Passeriformes
- nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- nonspherical — not spherical
- norephedrine — The drug phenylpropanolamine.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- office space — part of a building for business use
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- oil pipeline — a long (esp underground) pipe used to transport petroleum over long distances
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.