14-letter words containing o, n, a, p
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- transportation — the act of transporting.
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- two-name paper — commercial paper having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unappreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- uncontemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- uncontemporary — outmoded
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- 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.
- unincorporated — not chartered as a corporation; lacking the powers and immunities of a corporate enterprise: an unincorporated business.
- unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972
- unit separator — (character) (US) ASCII character 31.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- unreciprocated — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- unsaponifiable — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- up one's alley — a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- up-to-dateness — (of persons, buildings, etc.) keeping up with the times, as in outlook, information, ideas, appearance, or style.
- upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- 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
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.