12-letter words containing s, u, n, p
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.