14-letter words containing n, u, p
- conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- consumer group — an organization that campaigns for the rights of consumers
- contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
- contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counter jumper — a sales assistant in a shop
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- counterproject — an opposing project or scheme
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
- counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- country people — people who live in the country
- coupon clipper — a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- deccan plateau — triangular tableland occupying most of the peninsula of India, between the Eastern Ghats & Western Ghats & south of the Narbada River
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.