13-letter words containing u, n, p, e, t
- not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- open question — question: invites long answer
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- piano quintet — a musical composition scored for a string quartet, or other combination of four instruments, and piano.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead