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12-letter words containing u, n, a, p

  • face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
  • fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
  • foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
  • fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
  • fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
  • frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
  • funeral plan — A funeral plan is a basic life insurance policy that provides money to pay for the policyholder's funeral expenses when they die.
  • funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
  • funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
  • 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.
  • gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
  • ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
  • hepatogenous — originating in the liver
  • herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
  • hippocentaur — Centaur.
  • housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
  • huayna capac — c1450–1527? Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).
  • humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
  • hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
  • huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
  • hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
  • hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
  • in duplicate — in two copies, times two
  • in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
  • inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
  • incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
  • incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
  • incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
  • incomputably — In an incomputable way.
  • indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
  • indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
  • inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
  • inoccupation — a lack of occupation
  • inoperculate — having no operculum.
  • insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
  • internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
  • interpleural — situated between the pleurae
  • interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
  • interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
  • intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
  • john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
  • jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
  • jumping hare — springhare.
  • jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
  • jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
  • jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
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