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14-letter words containing c, o, n, u, p

  • knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
  • leucocytopenia — leucopenia
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
  • mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
  • motion picture — a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
  • mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
  • multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
  • multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
  • neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
  • nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
  • non-conceptual — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
  • nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • onium compound — type of chemical salt
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
  • open communion — a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • over-pronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
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