12-letter words containing t, u, p, i
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- east prussia — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epithalamium — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- equimultiple — one of a series of amounts or numbers that each consist of another amount or number an equal number of times
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exhaust pipe — vehicle's gas outlet
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- import quota — the maximum amount of a product that can be imported into a country within a given period of time
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.