12-letter words containing p, u, c, i, n
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- pericementum — periodontal membrane.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- picnic lunch — a meal that you take and eat outdoors
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.