15-letter words containing p, u, n, s
- undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- unopportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- unpeaceableness — the quality or state of being unpeaceable; quarrelsomeness
- unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unprepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- up one's sleeve — secretly ready
- up one's street — (just) what one knows or likes best
- upper peninsula — a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
- user experience — Digital Technology. the perception and response of a person toward design elements of software or digital media while interacting with it. Abbreviation: UX.
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- western juniper — a round-headed tree, Juniperus occidentalis, of the western coast of the U.S., having scalelike leaves with a gland on the back and oval, blue-black fruit.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
- whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
- win one's spurs — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
- work oneself up — become overwrought
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.