12-letter words containing u, n, a, p, l, s
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postal union — an international agreement on postal rates and services.
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pull a stunt — If someone pulls a stunt, they do something silly or risky.
- saint paul's — a cathedral in London, England: designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
- sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- supernatural — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supersensual — beyond the range of the senses.
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- unappeasable — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- unappeasably — in an unappeasable manner
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner