16-letter words containing p, l, a, u, e, n
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperreal number — any of the set of numbers formed by the addition of infinite numbers and infinitesimal numbers to the set of real numbers
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
- in quintuplicate — in five identical copies
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- japanese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
- laplace equation — the second-order partial differential equation indicating that the Laplace operator operating on a given function results in zero. Compare harmonic (def 4c).
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- league champions — the team that has come top of the league
- leaps and bounds — You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- lump sum payment — money: one-off payment
- manipulativeness — Quality of being manipulative.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- miniature poodle — a breed of poodle, bred to be much smaller than standard poodles
- mutual impedance — the ratio of the potential difference between either of two pairs of terminals to the current applied at the other pair of terminals when the circuit is open.
- neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- nicoya peninsula — a peninsula in NW Costa Rica, on the Pacific Ocean.
- nuclear envelope — the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell.
- nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
- nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
- over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- palmer peninsula — former name of Antarctic Peninsula.
- panel discussion — a formal discussion before an audience for which the topic, speakers, etc., have been selected in advance.
- peninsular state — Florida (used as a nickname).
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
- personal pronoun — any one of the pronouns used to refer to the speaker, or to one or more to or about whom or which he or she is speaking, as, in English, I, we, you, he, she, it, they.
- personal tuition — private tuition
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader