12-letter words containing e, u, p, t
- in perpetuum — for ever
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- 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.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inequipotent — not equally powerful or potent
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interrupters — Plural form of interrupter.
- interrupting — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
- interruptive — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- 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.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
- jeu d'esprit — a witticism.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- jump the gun — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- keep up with — go as fast
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantle plume — plume (def 10).
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- medium strip — median strip.
- meet up with — see socially
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit