13-letter words containing a, p, u, n, t
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
- cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- dental plaque — a filmy deposit on the surface of a tooth consisting of a mixture of mucus, bacteria, food, etc
- disreputation — disrepute.
- dna computing — (architecture) The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
- donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- equipotential — (of a surface or line ) composed of points all at the same potential.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- impostumation — an abscess or swelling filled with pus
- in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
- indian turnip — the jack-in-the-pulpit.
- injured party — victim
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracapsular — Within a capsule.
- intrapreneurs — Plural form of intrapreneur.