11-letter words containing p, o, l, n, e, c
- contemplant — absorbed in contemplation
- contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- contraplete — either of two opposed and complementary elements in a relationship.
- corpulently — In a corpulent manner.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- encephaloma — a brain tumour
- endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
- exceptional — Unusual; not typical.
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- explication — The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- heckelphone — A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in place of — instead of, replacing
- incompleted — Incomplete, uncompleted.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- 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.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- np-complete — (complexity) (NPC, Nondeterministic Polynomial time complete) A set or property of computational decision problems which is a subset of NP (i.e. can be solved by a nondeterministic Turing Machine in polynomial time), with the additional property that it is also NP-hard. Thus a solution for one NP-complete problem would solve all problems in NP. Many (but not all) naturally arising problems in class NP are in fact NP-complete. There is always a polynomial-time algorithm for transforming an instance of any NP-complete problem into an instance of any other NP-complete problem. So if you could solve one you could solve any other by transforming it to the solved one. The first problem ever shown to be NP-complete was the satisfiability problem. Another example is Hamilton's problem. See also computational complexity, halting problem, Co-NP, NP-hard.