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15-letter words containing op

  • modulo operator — (mathematics)   (mod) The operator that returns the remainder after integer division of its first argument by its second. Written as "%" in C and some other languages. Where the second argument is a power of two, the result can be calculated much more quickly using bitwise and with the appropriate bit-mask.
  • morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
  • morphophonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
  • mouse droppings — 1.   (graphics, operating system, jargon)   Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2.   (web, jargon)   The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
  • negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
  • neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
  • neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
  • non-cooperative — failure or refusal to cooperate.
  • non-opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
  • non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
  • noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
  • nonproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • nonstereoscopic — Not stereoscopic.
  • nucleophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being nucleophilic.
  • open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
  • open convention — a party convention at which delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice.
  • open enrollment — open admissions.
  • open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public
  • open one's eyes — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
  • open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • open-ended loan — An open-ended loan is an extension of credit where money can be borrowed when you need it, and paid back on an ongoing basis, such as a credit card.
  • open-pit mining — a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole
  • open-pollinated — (of a flower) pollinated without human agency.
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
  • ophthalmophobia — the fear of being stared at
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
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