15-letter words containing p, i, t, u, o
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- multiple choice — question: with several options
- multiple factor — polygene.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiple-choice — consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- multum in parvo — much in a small space
- municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- noise pollution — unwanted or harmful noise, as from automobiles, airplanes, or industrial workplaces.
- non prosequitur — a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit when the plaintiff does not appear in court to prosecute it.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- nonoccupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- northern paiute — a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.
- nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
- null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- out in the open — knowledge: public
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.