14-letter words containing p, i, n, u, l
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- fountain plant — Joseph's-coat.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- general public — people in general
- giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insuppressible — incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.
- japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
- leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
- louis napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.