14-letter words containing p, l, u, n
- gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- 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.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- 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.
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.