11-letter words containing p, i, l
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- 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.
- 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.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- 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.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- 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.
- nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- non-optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- non-typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonplussing — Present participle of nonplus.
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullipotent — (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
- occipitally — from an occipital point of view
- ochlophobia — an abnormal fear of crowds.
- ochlophobic — relating to or suffering from ochlophobia
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
- oligopolist — A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
- oligotrophy — the state of being oligotrophic, or deficient in nutrients but high in oxygen.
- open policy — a continuous policy covering goods of a class subject to changes in volume, usually requiring periodic reports of values.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?