12-letter words containing e, u, n, i
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prime number — a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.