12-letter words containing u, n, r, i, p, e
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- running pine — a ground pine, Lycopodium clavatum.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supersession — the act of superseding.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- underpinning — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underpricing — the state of being priced at too low a level or amount
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression of meaning, feeling, etc.: a bland and unexpressive person.
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- unimpressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries