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14-letter words containing u, n, o, p, t

  • non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
  • nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • nonspectacular — not spectacular
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonspontaneous — Not spontaneous.
  • nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
  • nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
  • not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • opaque context — an expression in which the replacement of a term by another with the same reference may change the truth-value of the whole. John believes that Cicero was a Roman is opaque, since even though Cicero and Tully are the same person John may know that the given statement is true but not that Tully was a Roman
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • photoinduction — the act or process of being photoinduced
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
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