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12-letter words containing a, u, p

  • monopetalous — gamopetalous.
  • monosepalous — gamosepalous.
  • mossycup oak — bur oak
  • mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
  • mountain top — the top of a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
  • mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
  • mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
  • muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
  • multi-parity — of or relating to a multipara.
  • multi-pascal — An extension of Pascal-S with multiprocessing features. Used in "The Art of Parallel Programming", Bruce P. Lester, P-H 1993.
  • multicipital — (of a rhizome or root) producing several crowns
  • multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
  • multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
  • multipliable — capable of being multiplied.
  • multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
  • multiplicate — multiple; manifold.
  • multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
  • municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
  • municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
  • municipalize — to make a municipality of.
  • murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
  • musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
  • mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
  • name capture — (reduction)   In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
  • nanocomputer — (architecture)   /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
  • nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
  • neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
  • nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
  • non-occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
  • nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
  • number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
  • number plate — vehicle's registration panel
  • nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
  • occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
  • octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
  • olap council — (body, standard)   A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
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