12-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n
- 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.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- oil painting — the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
- oil pipeline — a long (esp underground) pipe used to transport petroleum over long distances
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- opinion poll — survey of public attitudes
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- oppositional — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- ornithophily — pollination of flowers by birds
- outlet point — an opening (on a pipe, etc) permitting escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
- paraffin-oil — a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, water-insoluble, solid substance not easily acted upon by reagents, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons chiefly of the alkane series, obtained from crude petroleum: used in candles, for forming preservative coatings and seals, for waterproofing paper, etc.
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasol pine — stone pine (def 1).
- partial tone — one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone.
- passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation