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12-letter words containing u, n, s, p, o, r

  • neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
  • nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
  • non-spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
  • nonpurposive — lacking purpose
  • nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
  • ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
  • open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
  • opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
  • parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
  • perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
  • perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • perquisition — an intensive and meticulous examination, pursuit, or hunt for something
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
  • pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
  • popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
  • preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
  • preconstruct — to construct beforehand
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
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