14-letter words containing o, p, t, i, m, u
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- pour le merite — for merit.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prime computer — (company) (Or "Pr1ME") A minicomputer manufacturer.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- put money into — to invest money in
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- something's up — something is amiss
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- superimportant — extremely important
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.