12-letter words containing l, u, m, p, i
- 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.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- 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
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- superrealism — photorealism.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
- unnilpentium — dubnium.
- unnilseptium — bohrium.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unsimplified — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- wild pumpkin — calabazilla.