11-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
- necroscopic — of or relating to a necropsy or postmortem examination
- 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.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- newspersons — Plural form of newsperson.
- 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).
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nociceptors — Plural form of nociceptor.
- 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.
- nonpartisan — not partisan; objective.
- nonpersonal — Not personal.
- nonresponse — a failure or refusal to respond
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nonsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- 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.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- omnipresent — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- open prison — An open prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
- open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
- 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 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-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.
- operoseness — (archaic) The state of being operose; tedium.
- opportunism — the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
- opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
- oppressions — Plural form of oppression.
- ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
- 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.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- overrespond — to respond too dramatically
- overspender — someone who overspends
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).