12-letter words containing o, u, t, p, i
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- nonpolluting — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outlet point — an opening (on a pipe, etc) permitting escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- parrot tulip — a variety of the cultivated tulip Tulipa gesnerana, having variously colored, often double flowers with fringed petals.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- payout ratio — the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perpetuation — to make perpetual.
- perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images