13-letter words containing p, u, t, o, n
- nonproduction — Absence of production.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- not much chop — not much good; poor
- not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- 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
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- open question — question: invites long answer
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- 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.
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- piano quintet — a musical composition scored for a string quartet, or other combination of four instruments, and piano.
- pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
- pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing