12-letter words containing n, t, u, p, l, e
- 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.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- unexceptable — to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
- unexpectable — to look forward to; regard as likely to happen; anticipate the occurrence or the coming of: I expect to read it. I expect him later. She expects that they will come.
- unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unipotential — Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current.
- unit's place — unit (def 8).
- unnilpentium — dubnium.
- unnilseptium — bohrium.
- unpatentable — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- unpenetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unprelatical — not befitting a prelate
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unrepeatable — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- unreportable — not able to be reported, relayed, or spoken of
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.