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15-letter words containing p, l, o, t, i, n

  • non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • nonexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
  • nonexploitative — not exploitative
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
  • nonoccupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • nonprecedential — Not precedential.
  • nonproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
  • null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
  • oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • opposition hold — a particular way of holding rock in mountain-climbing
  • oppositionality — Quality of being oppositional.
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • 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.
  • optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
  • optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • ozone depletion — harmful effects to the ozone layer
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • panophthalmitis — the inflammation of all eye tissue
  • paralation lisp — Embeds the paralation model in Common LISP. Available from MIT Press, (800)356-0343.
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • participational — involving participation
  • pastoralization — to make pastoral or rural.
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
  • percussion tool — a power driven tool which operates by striking rapid blows: the power may be electricity or compressed air
  • personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • phenolphthalein — a white, crystalline compound, C 2 0 H 1 4 O 4 , used as an indicator in acid-base titration and as a laxative.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
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