14-letter words containing s, u, n, p
- consumer group — an organization that campaigns for the rights of consumers
- contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterpersons — Plural form of counterperson.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- disciplinarium — a scourge for flogging penitents
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- disruptiveness — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- escape routine — a means of leaving a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- espíritu santo — an island in the SW Pacific: the largest and westernmost of the Vanuatu islands. Area: 4856 sq km (1875 sq miles)
- euphoniousness — The quality or state of being euphonious.
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic) (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.