13-letter words containing u, n, p, r, o, e
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- nurseryperson — A nurseryman or nurserywoman.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- overpronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain