12-letter words containing a, u, p
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- huayna capac — c1450–1527? Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- import quota — the maximum amount of a product that can be imported into a country within a given period of time
- imputability — The character of being imputable.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.