12-letter words containing s, p, u, n
- insulin pump — an external battery-powered device that injects insulin into the body at a programmed rate to control diabetes.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- interrupters — Plural form of interrupter.
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- jurisprudent — versed in jurisprudence.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- lilliputians — Plural form of lilliputian.
- limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- maspar unity — A translator from UNITY to MPL by Martin Huber, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Version 1.0.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- monospermous — having one seed.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount scopus — a mountain in central Israel, east of Jerusalem: a N extension of the Mount of Olives; site of the Hebrew University (1925). Height: 834 m (2736 ft)
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neuropterist — an entomologist specializing in neuropteran insects
- neuropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Neuroptera, an order of insects characterized by four membranous wings having netlike venation, comprising the ant lions, lacewings, dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies, snakeflies, mantispids, and spongillaflies.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.