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

  • onium compound — type of chemical salt
  • open communion — a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.
  • overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
  • papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • passion sunday — the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.
  • pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
  • peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
  • percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
  • perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • petit dejeuner — breakfast.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
  • photoinduction — the act or process of being photoinduced
  • photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • pitch and putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
  • pitch-and-putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
  • plain language — language that is clear and easy to understand, with no ambiguity or unnecessarily difficult words
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • platinum metal — any of the group of precious metallic elements consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
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