12-letter words containing p, o, e, l, i
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonexpansile — Not expansile.
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- 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.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oil in place — The oil in place is the amount of crude oil which is estimated to be in a reservoir.
- oil pipeline — a long (esp underground) pipe used to transport petroleum over long distances
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- oilseed rape — Oilseed rape is a plant with yellow flowers which is grown as a crop. Its seeds are crushed to make cooking oil.
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- 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.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- oppressional — Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- optical grep — vgrep
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- oscilloscope — a device that gives a visual graph of amplitude versus time of a measured signal, as voltage or current.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- outlet point — an opening (on a pipe, etc) permitting escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- oversimplify — make too simple
- pack of lies — false account
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- 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.
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc