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14-letter words containing n, p, l

  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • underdeveloped — improperly or insufficiently developed.
  • underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpalatability — the quality or state of being unpalatable
  • unpassableness — the quality or condition of being unpassable
  • unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • unpleasantness — the quality or state of being unpleasant.
  • unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
  • unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
  • unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
  • unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • unpretendingly — without pretence
  • unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
  • unpropitiously — in an unfavourable or inauspicious manner
  • unproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • unprosperously — in an unprosperous or unsuccessful manner
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
  • unrecapturable — not able to be recaptured or brought back
  • unreproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
  • unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
  • unscrupulously — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • unspecifically — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
  • unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
  • unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
  • unsurprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
  • unsuspiciously — not suspiciously; in an unsuspicious manner
  • up one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
  • upton sinclairHarry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
  • urban planning — the planning and design of urban areas
  • vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
  • vice-principal — a deputy principal in a school, college, etc
  • viewing public — people who watch television, considered collectively
  • vincennes lisp — (language)   (VLISP) A dialect of Lisp resulting from development, starting in 1971, of Lisp interpreters and compilers at the University of Paris VIII - Vincennes. VLISP interpreters and compilers were designed to run on small computers.
  • walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
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