15-letter words containing m, p, u
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- off one's chump — insane; crazy
- open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
- open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- openmouthedness — the state or condition of being filled with amazement and wonder
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- pancake make-up — make up in cake form applied to the face with a sponge in order to cover up imperfections and even out skin tone
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
- paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
- pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
- pendulum effect — Also called pendulum law. Physics. a law, discovered by Galileo in 1602, that describes the regular, swinging motion of a pendulum by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- pentium ii xeon — (processor) The successor to Intel Corporation's Pentium II processor. The Xeon has the same P6 core as existing Pentium Pro/Pentium II units, but it supports a 100 MHz system bus and offers as much as 2 MB of level 2 cache.
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- petroleum ether — a volatile mixture of the higher alkane hydrocarbons, obtained as a fraction of petroleum and used as a solvent
- petroleum jelly — sticky substance used as lubricant
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- picture element — (graphics) (pixel) The smallest resolvable rectangular area of an image, either on a screen or stored in memory. Each pixel in a monochrome image has its own brightness, from 0 for black to the maximum value (e.g. 255 for an eight-bit pixel) for white. In a colour image, each pixel has its own brightness and colour, usually represented as a triple of red, green and blue intensities (see RGB). Compare voxel.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- plagiostomatous — plagiostome
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- pleuropneumonia — pleurisy conjoined with pneumonia.
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- plumbers-friend — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- plural marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- pocket computer — palmtop
- poke mullock at — to ridicule
- polyphemus moth — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, apple, and other trees.