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13-letter words containing u, n, p, a

  • non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
  • non-municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
  • non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • nonconceptual — Not of a conceptual nature.
  • nondiapausing — lacking a diapause
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • p'u-t'ung hua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
  • paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • patch pumpkin — pumpkin
  • pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
  • peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
  • peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
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