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11-letter words containing u, n, p, e

  • pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
  • planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
  • plant louse — aphid.
  • playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
  • plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
  • pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • plunge pool — the water in a plunge basin.
  • pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
  • pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
  • pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
  • pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
  • pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
  • pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
  • pneumostome — a breathing hole in the mantle of a gastropod.
  • pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
  • point coupe — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
  • poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
  • pop-up menu — a menu that suddenly appears when an option is selected
  • pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
  • port number — port
  • portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
  • postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
  • pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
  • pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
  • powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
  • power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • pre-funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
  • 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
  • preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
  • prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
  • prejudgment — to judge beforehand.
  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
  • preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
  • premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
  • prenumbered — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • preoccupant — a previous occupant
  • prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
  • presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • presumingly — presumptuous.
  • presumption — the act of presuming.
  • pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
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