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13-letter words containing u, n, p, i

  • nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
  • nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
  • nonproduction — Absence of production.
  • nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nonunion shop — a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • 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.
  • oil pollution — pollution caused by the leaking of oil, esp. from a ship
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • open question — question: invites long answer
  • open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • 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.
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • 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.
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • patch pumpkin — pumpkin
  • pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • 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.
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