22-letter words containing p, o, u, t, e

pull out all the stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
pulmonary tuberculosis — tuberculosis of the lungs.
pure food and drug act — a law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade.
put out of countenance — to cause to lose composure; embarrass; disconcert
put sth out to pasture — If you put animals out to pasture, you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass.
put sth to/on one side — If you put something to one side or put it on one side, you temporarily ignore it in order to concentrate on something else.
put the frighteners on — to intimidate
received pronunciation — the pronunciation of British English considered to have the widest geographical distribution and the fewest regional peculiarities, originally the pronunciation of educated speakers in southern England and traditionally that used in the public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge universities, adopted by many speakers elsewhere in England and widely used in broadcasting. Abbreviation: RP.
reproduction furniture — furniture that is made in an imitation or copy of a past style
reproductive isolation — the conditions, as physiological or behavioral differences or geographical barriers, that prevent potentially interbreeding populations from cross-fertilization.
restricted users group — a group of people who, with knowledge of a secret password, or by some other method, have access to restricted information stored in a computer
revolutions per minute — (unit) (rpm, rarely: rotations per minute) A unit of angular velocity equal to 1/60 of a revolution per second.
rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
rocky mountain juniper — a juniper, Juniperus scopulorum, of western North America, that yields a soft, reddish wood used for making fences, pencils, etc., and that is also grown as an ornamental.
sarcoplasmic reticulum — a system of membrane-bound tubules that surrounds muscle fibrils, releasing calcium ions during contraction and absorbing them during relaxation.
south african republic — former name of Transvaal.
special interest group — (SIG) One of several technical areas, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery. Well-known SIGs include SIGPLAN (the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages), SIGARCH (the Special Interest Group for Computer Architecture) and SIGGRAPH (the Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics).
special-interest group — Also called special interest. a body of persons, corporation, or industry that seeks or receives benefits or privileged treatment, especially through legislation.
speculative philosophy — philosophy embodying beliefs insusceptible of proof and attempting to gain insight into the nature of the ultimate by intuitive or a priori means.
spelling pronunciation — a pronunciation based on spelling, usually a variant of the traditional pronunciation. The spelling pronunciation of waistcoat is [weyst-koht] /ˈweɪstˌkoʊt/ (Show IPA) rather than [wes-kuh t] /ˈwɛs kət/ (Show IPA).
split-dollar insurance — life insurance in which someone helps pay the premiums for another, as when an employer contributes to the premiums of an employee's policy.
spontaneous combustion — the ignition of a substance or body from the rapid oxidation of its own constituents without heat from any external source.
spontaneous generation — abiogenesis.
sports injuries clinic — a medical clinic that specializes in treating sports injuries
st-pierre and miquelon — group of islands in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland, constituting a political unit of France: includes the islands of St-Pierre (c. 10 sq mi, 26 sq km) & Miquelon & several islets: 93 sq mi (241 sq km); pop. 6,000
structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
subjective probability — a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, defined by subjective criteria
subornation of perjury — the offense of bribing or otherwise persuading another to commit perjury.
supplementary question — a question asked in Parliament by an MP during Questions to the Prime Minister
supreme judicial court — (often initial capital letters) the highest court in some states, as Massachusetts and Maine.
temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
the houston ship canal — a canal linking Houston to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
the point of no return — If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop.
time complex simulator — (simulation) (Tcsim) Complex arithmetic version of Tsim. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
to be mixed up with sb — if you are mixed up with someone, usually someone that other people disapprove of, you are emotionally or sexually involved with them
to keep your eyes open — If you keep your eyes open or keep an eye out for someone or something, you watch for them carefully.
to upset the applecart — If you upset the applecart, you do something which causes a plan, system, or arrangement to go wrong.
transition temperature — Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.
transposing instrument — a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
tripotassium phosphate — any of the three orthophosphates of potassium ((potassium monophosphate) (K 2 HPO 4), (potassium diphosphate) (KH 2 PO 4), and (tripotassium phosphate) (K 3 PO 4) )
turbo-propeller engine — a jet engine with a turbine-driven propeller that produces the principal thrust, augmented by the thrust of the jet exhaust.
unconditioned response — a reflex action innately elicited by a stimulus without the intervention of any learning process
unemployment insurance — a government program that provides a limited number of payments to eligible workers who are involuntarily unemployed.
united empire loyalist — any of the American colonists who settled in Canada during or after the War of American Independence because of loyalty to the British Crown
universal postal union — an international organization, formed in Bern, Switzerland (1875), that administers and regulates international postal service. Abbreviation: UPU.
universal product code — a bar code that indicates price, product classification, etc., and can be read electronically, as at checkout counters in supermarkets. Abbreviation: UPC.
unprofessional conduct — activity that is contrary to the accepted code of conduct of a profession
unsaturated production — Unsaturated production is the production of smaller, unsaturated hydrocarbons from saturated hydrocarbons, for example producing alkenes such as ethane and propene.
urban development zone — an area that is designated as being a site for urban development
user datagram protocol — (protocol) (UDP) Internet standard network layer, transport layer and session layer protocols which provide simple but unreliable datagram services. UDP is defined in STD 6, RFC 768. It adds a checksum and additional process-to-process addressing information [to what?]. UDP is a connectionless protocol which, like TCP, is layered on top of IP. UDP neither guarantees delivery nor does it require a connection. As a result it is lightweight and efficient, but all error processing and retransmission must be taken care of by the application program.

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