11-letter words containing s, n, o, p, e
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- non-suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- noncomposer — a person who is not a composer
- nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
- nonexposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- nonpersonal — Not personal.
- nonpositive — (of a real number) less than or equal to zero.
- nonresponse — a failure or refusal to respond
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- 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.
- nosy parker — a prying person
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- 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 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.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- open season — a specific season or time of year when it is legal to catch or hunt for fish or game protected at all other times by the law.
- open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
- open sesame — any marvelously effective means for bringing about a desired result: Wealth is the open sesame to happiness.
- open source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- 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-source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
- 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.
- operoseness — (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium.
- opinionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- outpatients — Plural form of outpatient.
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- overrespond — to respond too dramatically
- overspender — someone who overspends