12-letter words containing p, o, u, n
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- equipollence — The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hung up (on) — emotionally disturbed (by); neurotic, repressed, etc.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inequipotent — not equally powerful or potent
- injury-prone — often sustaining injuries
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoperculate — having no operculum.