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12-letter words containing u, n, d, e, p

  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
  • nom de plume — pen name.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
  • open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
  • opendocument — (file format, standard)   (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • paludamentum — a cloak worn by officials and military officers of ancient Rome, especially during wartime.
  • pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
  • paradoxurine — relating to the palm civet
  • pasture land — grassland used for grazing
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pedunculated — having a peduncle.
  • pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
  • peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
  • periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
  • pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • pollutedness — the state of being polluted
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • pudding-head — a stupid person
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • put in order — arrange correctly
  • put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
  • puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
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