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15-letter words containing n, o, c, u, p, a

  • phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
  • pictorial janus — K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • postinoculation — the act or process of inoculating.
  • pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • program counter — (hardware)   (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
  • pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial
  • uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
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