11-letter words containing u, n, i, t, e
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- progeniture — procreation
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- publishment — publication.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punctuative — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantitated — Simple past tense and past participle of quantitate.
- quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- questioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.
- questionist — a person who questions
- quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quinternion — five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- quintuplets — Plural form of quintuplet.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- recruitment — the act or process of recruiting.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- regurgitant — to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reinstitute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- requirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- requitement — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
- resultingly — as a result.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- return trip — the journey back from a destination