8-letter words containing p, n, i
- nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nepotist — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- netpipes — (networking) A package by Robert Forsman <[email protected]> to manipulate BSD Unix TCP/IP stream sockets. The netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell scripts. It can also simplify client-server code by allowing the programmer to skip all the tedious programming related to sockets and concentrate on writing a filter/service.
- netsplit — netburp
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- newsclip — A very high level language designed for writing netnews filters. It translates into C. It includes support for various newsreaders. Version 1.01 includes a translator from NewsClip to C, examples and documentation. NewsClip was written by Looking Glass Software Ltd. and is distributed and used by ClariNet Communications Corporation It is only supported for ClariNet customers. Output of the filters may not be sold and donation for use of this program is hinted at. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- ninepins — (used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin.
- nip curn — a tightfisted woman
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nit-lamp — jacklight.
- nit-pick — to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
- nitpicky — Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- nonpoint — of or relating to a source of pollution that is not readily and specifically identifiable, as water runoff.
- nonprint — of, relating to, or consisting of other than printed matter: Slide shows, slide-tape presentations, and video are nonprint media.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nut pine — piñon (def 1).
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- open die — a die of flat, concave, or hollow V shape that only minimally restricts lateral flow.
- open pit — An open pit is a mine where the coal, metal, or minerals are near the surface and underground passages are not needed.
- open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
- open-pit — noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- openings — Plural form of opening.
- openside — (rugby), the space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare blindside.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- opinicus — a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- opinions — Plural form of opinion.
- oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing
- opposing — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opsonify — to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.
- opsonins — Plural form of opsonin.
- opsonium — any food used as a relish, such as chutney
- opsonize — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optation — (obsolete) The act of optating; a wish.
- optician — a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
- optional — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- optioned — the power or right of choosing.
- optionee — a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.