15-letter words containing u, n, p, o
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human megaphone — the technique of using a crowd of people to repeat a speaker's words in unison
- hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- immunocompetent — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- impecuniousness — The property of being impecunious.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- inconspicuously — not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
- inopportuneness — The quality of being inopportune.
- interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
- interpopulation — Between populations.
- intrapopulation — occurring within a population or between members of a population
- introsusception — intussusception.
- intussusception — a taking within.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- jus postliminii — postliminy.
- juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- keep open house — to be always ready to provide hospitality
- kommunizma peak — a mountain in SE Tajikistan in the Pamirs: the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union. Height: 7495 m (24 590 ft)
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.