11-letter words containing p, o, t, e

nonphonetic — not phonetic
nonpositive — (of a real number) less than or equal to zero.
nonpregnant — Not pregnant.
nonpunitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
nonpurulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
nontemporal — not indicating time
north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
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.
nullipotent — (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
obtemperate — (obsolete) To obey.
octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
odd-pinnate — pinnate with an odd terminal leaflet.
odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
off the map — no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
off the top — from gross income
off-the-peg — ready-to-wear.
ommatophore — a tentacle or movable stalk bearing an eye, as in certain snails.
omnipatient — having unlimited patience
omnipotence — the quality or state of being omnipotent.
omnipotency — Omnipotence. (from 15th c.).
omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
on the jump — in a hurry
on the piss — drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities
on the spin — one after another
on the spot — Radio, Television. pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. broadcast between announced programs.
on-the-spot — done or occurring at the time or place in question: an on-the-spot recording.
oncoprotein — (genetics, oncology, protein) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.
onomatopeia — Alternative spelling of onomatopoeia.
onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
open dating — the practice of putting a freshness date on food packages.
open letter — a letter, often of protest or criticism, addressed to a specific person, but intended to be brought to public attention.
open market — an unrestricted competitive market in which any buyer and seller is free to participate.
open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
openability — The quality of being openable.
openhearted — Frank and candid.
opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
openinsight — (programming, database) The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?

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