10-letter words containing u, n, p, i
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- principium — a principle.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- pundigrion — a pun
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- punitively — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- punto fijo — a city in NW Venezuela, on the Paraguana Peninsula.
- purblindly — in a purblind manner
- purchasing — buying
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- purporting — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- pursuingly — in a pursuing manner
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put option — put (def 24).