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

  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
  • pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • position audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
  • postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prairie turnip — breadroot.
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • pre-delinquent — (of an account, tax, debt, etc.) past due; overdue.
  • pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
  • precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
  • pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
  • pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
  • pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
  • presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
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