15-letter words containing a, p, u, n, t
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
- trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- unary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which one element is used to yield a single result, as squaring or taking the square root.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- undisappointing — not disappointing
- unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
- unfair practice — unfair competition.
- uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
- unparticipative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unproportionate — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- utility company — a company which supplies utilities, such as gas, electricity, phones, etc
- utopia planitia — Astronomy. a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars that was the landing site of the Viking II space probe on September 3, 1976.
- venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers