11-letter words containing u, n, p, a, c
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- punctuality — the quality or state of being punctual.
- punctuation — 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.
- 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.
- punctulated — bearing small spots or dots
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- uncompacted — not compacted
- uncompanied — unaccompanied
- uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- undisplaced — lacking a home, country, etc.
- unempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- unexpectant — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
- unimpeached — (of a desirable quality or status) not challenged or questioned
- unoccupancy — the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something: Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.