17-letter words containing op
- a sop to cerberus — a bribe or something given to propitiate a potential source of danger or problems
- absolute monopoly — a market situation in which there is only one supplier of a good or service for which there is no acceptable substitute.
- acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
- adoptive immunity — passive immunity resulting from the administration of sensitized lymphocytes from an immune donor.
- all over the shop — If something is happening all over the shop, it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area.
- alpha-fetoprotein — a protein that forms in the liver of the human fetus. Excessive quantities in the amniotic fluid and maternal blood may indicate spina bifida in the fetus; low levels may point to Down's syndrome
- anthropogenically — In an anthropogenic way.
- anthropogeography — a branch of anthropology dealing with the geographical distribution of humankind and the relationship between human beings and their environment.
- anthropologically — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropomorphises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthropomorphise.
- anthropomorphized — Simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphize.
- anthropomorphosis — transformation into human form
- anthropophaginian — (nonce, humorous) One who eats human flesh.
- anthroposemiotics — The study of human communication.
- anti-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- antiapoptotically — So as to prevent apoptosis.
- armchair shopping — buying goods using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
- articulatory loop — a short-term memory system that enables a person to remember short strings of words by rehearsing them repeatedly in his head
- astrophotographer — A person, especially an astronomer, who takes photographs of the stars.
- at one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
- bacteriorhodopsin — a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight
- basic proposition — protocol (def 6).
- binary opposition — a relation between the members of a pair of linguistic items, as a pair of distinctive features, such that one is the absence of the other, as voicelessness and voice, or that one is at the opposite pole from the other, as stridency and mellowness.
- biopharmaceutical — of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
- blind carbon copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, or a copy of an email or other electronic document, that is sent to someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: bcc.
- blood-drop emlets — a Chilean scrophulariaceous plant, Mimulus luteus, naturalized in Europe, having red-spotted yellow flowers
- boolean operation — any operation in which each of the operands and the result take one of two values.
- business envelope — an envelope into which standard-size (81⁄2″ × 11″) letterhead stationery can be put with only two folds
- camera-ready copy — type matter ready to be photographed for plate-making without further alteration
- cape of good hope — a cape in SW South Africa south of Cape Town
- carbon microphone — a microphone in which a diaphragm, vibrated by sound waves, applies a varying pressure to a container packed with carbon granules, altering the resistance of the carbon. A current flowing through the carbon is thus modulated at the frequency of the sound waves
- catastrophization — The act or process of catastrophizing.
- cellophane noodle — a stringlike, transparent noodle used esp. in East Asian cooking
- chemical property — Chemistry. a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed: Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.
- chemopallidectomy — an operation for treating Parkinson's disease and certain other diseases characterized by muscular rigidity, consisting of destroying a specific part of the corpus striatum by injecting it with a chemical, usually alcohol.
- child development — the biological and psychological developments in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence
- chloracetophenone — chloroacetophenone.
- clinicopathologic — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
- continental slope — a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin.
- cooperative party — (in Great Britain) a political party supporting the cooperative movement and linked with the Labour Party: founded in 1917
- cooperative store — a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.
- copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
- copious free time — (jargon) (Apple; originally from the introduction to Tom Lehrer's song "It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier") Used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in question; a mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the opportunity will not arise. "I'll implement the automatic layout stuff in my copious free time." The phrase is also used for time reserved for bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of bad chrome, or the stroking of suits. "I'll get back to him on that feature in my copious free time."
- council of europe — an association of European states, established in 1949 to promote unity between its members, defend human rights, and increase social and economic progress
- counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
- cream of the crop — the best of a group
- cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- cytotrophoblastic — Relating to, or containing, cytotrophoblasts.
- david copperfield — a novel (1850) by Charles Dickens.
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