12-letter words containing n, a, p, o
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unpersonable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unprocedural — not procedural, not following proper procedures
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unprocurable — obtainable.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- unreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- unrecoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- unreportable — not able to be reported, relayed, or spoken of
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unreprovable — not able to be reproved, reproached, or criticized
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- unsupposable — not able to be supposed
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- up and about — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- up and doing — busy; active
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
- vaporescence — production or formation of vapor.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- vaporization — the act of vaporizing.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- voting paper — a ballot.
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- wapsipinicon — a river in E Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 255 miles (410 km) long.
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body
- zoosporangia — Plural form of zoosporangium.