12-letter words containing s, u, p, i
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multi-pascal — An extension of Pascal-S with multiprocessing features. Used in "The Art of Parallel Programming", Bruce P. Lester, P-H 1993.
- multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
- multispecies — of, relating to or affecting several species
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- museum piece — something suitable for keeping and exhibiting in a museum.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- 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
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- nonpoisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- oil pressure — force that keeps engine lubricated
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour