11-letter words containing u, n, p
- groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
- gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hip-hugging — (of trousers) beginning at the hips instead of the waist
- homophonous — identical in pronunciation.
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseperson — someone who manages a household; househusband or housewife.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- humming top — a top that hums as it spins
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
- hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
- imino group — the bivalent group =NH not linked to any acid group.
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impiousness — Quality of being impious.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- importuning — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- importunity — the state or quality of being importunate; persistence in solicitation.
- impoundment — a body of water confined within an enclosure, as a reservoir.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- impuissance — Impotence, weakness.
- imputations — Plural form of imputation.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- incorruptly — Without corruption.
- inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.