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