13-letter words containing n, o, p, l, u
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- pure new wool — the best wool or wool blended fibres
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- republication — publication anew.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superregional — involving many regions
- supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppositional — the act of supposing.
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unapologizing — not apologetic; not willing to apologize or to make an apology