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14-letter words containing u, n, a, p, r, o

  • 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)
  • european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
  • european union — political union of European countries
  • eutrophication — Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • funeral parlor — A funeral parlor is the same as a funeral home.
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
  • infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
  • inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
  • marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
  • marsupial bone — epipubis.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
  • naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
  • non-repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
  • nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
  • nouveau pauvre — a newly poor person.
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