12-letter words containing p, u, t, o, a
- tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
- topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unipotential — Electricity, Electronics. having uniform electric potential throughout, as a hot cathode (unipotential cathode) indirectly heated by a separate heater circuit so that there is no lateral change of voltage across the cathode due to resistance to a heating current.
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unreportable — not able to be reported, relayed, or spoken of
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- up and about — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- up the wazoo — the anus.
- vapour trail — A vapour trail is a white line of water vapour left in the sky by an aeroplane, a rocket, or a missile.
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water vapour — steam
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.