12-letter words containing r, e, p, u, t
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- medium strip — median strip.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- multipicture — having or involving several pictures
- multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neuropterist — an entomologist specializing in neuropteran insects
- neuropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Neuroptera, an order of insects characterized by four membranous wings having netlike venation, comprising the ant lions, lacewings, dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies, snakeflies, mantispids, and spongillaflies.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- non-computer — a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open texture — the failure of natural languages to determine future usage, particularly the ability of predicates to permit the construction of borderline cases