12-letter words containing u, n, p, i
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neuropterist — an entomologist specializing in neuropteran insects
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonpoisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- nonpolluting — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- nuptial mass — a special mass said at a wedding.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.