12-letter words containing o, u, t, p, i
- suction stop — click1 (def 3).
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- super-polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
- top security — ultra secure
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- 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 process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unperfection — imperfection
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.