11-letter words containing s, i, p
- neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nincompoops — Plural form of nincompoop.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonpartisan — not partisan; objective.
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonplussing — Present participle of nonplus.
- nonpositive — (of a real number) less than or equal to zero.
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- nonsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- 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.
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
- oligopolist — A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
- omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- on the piss — drinking alcohol, esp in large quantities
- on the spin — one after another
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- opeidoscope — an instrument which represents sound visually
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- 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.
- 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.
- openwindows — (operating system) A graphical user interface server for Sun workstations which handles SunView, NeWS and X Window System protocols.
- opera seria — Italian dramatic opera of the 18th century based typically on a classical subject and characterized by extensive use of the aria da capo and recitative.
- operatories — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- ophiologist — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- opinionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate.