13-letter words containing p, u, i
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fatigue party — a group of soldiers undertaking fatigues
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- give a leg up — to help to mount
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- gross premium — A gross premium is the total premium of an insurance contract before brokerage or discounts have been deducted.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
- guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.