14-letter words containing m, p, u
- put someone on — to connect (a person) by telephone
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- put the moz on — to jinx
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rescue attempt — an attempt to bring a person or people out of danger, harm, attack, etc
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- runoff primary — (especially in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading candidates of the first primary to provide nomination by majority rather than by plurality.
- russian empire — Russia (def 1).
- samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- semper paratus — always prepared
- sesquipedalism — given to using long words.
- simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
- simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- something's up — something is amiss
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south thompson — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played