12-letter words containing n, i, p, c, u
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- equipollence — The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonproducing — that does not produce