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

  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
  • postmenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prairie turnip — breadroot.
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
  • precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
  • pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
  • pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
  • presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
  • productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
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