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12-letter words containing n, e, u, t

  • port hueneme — a city in S California.
  • portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preconstruct — to construct beforehand
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
  • puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
  • puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
  • pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
  • purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
  • put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
  • put in order — arrange correctly
  • put money on — to place a bet on
  • put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
  • put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
  • quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • quantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
  • quantivalent — relating to quantivalence
  • quantum cell — (electronics, computing)   (Or "quantum dot cell") A structure comprising four quantum dots arranged in a square, with two diagonally opposed dots containing electron charges. One diagonal containing charges is arbitrarily defined as representing a value of '1', the other as '0'. In a five-dot cell, the fifth, central dot contains no charge. See also: quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.
  • quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
  • quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
  • quarter note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
  • quarter tone — an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
  • quarter turn — 90-degree rotation
  • quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
  • quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
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