14-letter words containing u, n, o, p, t
- counterplotted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterplot.
- counterpointed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- counterproject — an opposing project or scheme
- counterprotest — a protest which opposes an existing protest
- counterpunched — Simple past tense and past participle of counterpunch.
- counterpuncher — a boxer who waits for an opponent to attack before punching
- counterpunches — Plural form of counterpunch.
- country people — people who live in the country
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- cryptocurrency — a decentralized digital medium of exchange which is created, regulated, and exchanged using cryptography and (usually) open source software
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cutlips minnow — a cyprinid fish, Exoglossum maxillingua, of northeastern U.S. coastal waters, having a three-lobed lower lip.
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- dispiteousness — the state of being without pity
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dust explosion — an explosion caused by the ignition of an inflammable dust, such as flour or sawdust, in the air
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- eastern europe — geography: Russia, Baltic Republics, etc.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- encapsulations — Plural form of encapsulation.
- enteropneustal — relating to enteropneusts
- equiponderated — Simple past tense and past participle of equiponderate.
- 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)
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- 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.
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- fountain plant — Joseph's-coat.
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- 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.
- in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.