12-letter words containing u, n, e, m, p
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- 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.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- prime number — a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
- 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.
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- put money on — to place a bet on
- quantum leap — Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- 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
- sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supramundane — transcending the world
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.