13-letter words containing p, u, i
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonproduction — Absence of production.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonunion shop — a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- oil pollution — pollution caused by the leaking of oil, esp. from a ship
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open question — question: invites long answer
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opera comique — comic opera.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- output device — (hardware) Electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a display screen, printer, loudspeaker or storage device. Most modern storage devices such as disk drives and magnetic tape drives act as both input and output devices, others such as CD-ROM are input only.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- over-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
- panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage