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

  • proper function — eigenfunction.
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • pseudoscientist — a person who practises pseudoscience or who falsely assumes the title of scientist
  • public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • punctiliousness — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
  • push one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • put into effect — law, rule: enforce
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
  • reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
  • renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • spinous process — a spinelike process of a bone, especially the dorsal projection from the center of the arch of a vertebra.
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial
  • uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
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