12-letter words containing p, l, e, n, u
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open couplet — a couplet that concludes with a run-on line.
- outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- outlet point — an opening (on a pipe, etc) permitting escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pearly queen — the female London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- peloponnesus — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- periselenium — the closest point of the orbit of a spacecraft to the moon
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- plenum cable — (hardware) Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- pollen count — a count of the amount of pollen in the air, based on the average of the number of pollen grains that collect on slides exposed to the air for a given period of time.