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14-letter words containing u, m, p, i, r, e

  • moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
  • multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
  • multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
  • multiple fruit — a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence
  • multiple store — chain store.
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pour le merite — for merit.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
  • primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • prime computer — (company)   (Or "Pr1ME") A minicomputer manufacturer.
  • prime the pump — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
  • quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
  • quick-tempered — easily angered.
  • quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
  • rummelgumption — commonsense
  • rummlegumption — common sense
  • russian empire — Russia (def 1).
  • simple measure — rhythm characterized by two or three beats or pulses to a measure.
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