11-letter words containing u, p, i
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autoplastic — Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- bound up in — If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place.
- break it up — stop fighting
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- bringing-up — to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office.
- buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
- build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
- bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
- bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
- bustle pipe — an annular pipe distributing hot air to the tuyères.
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- caniapiscau — a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to the Larch River (Mélèzes) 575 miles (925 km) long.
- canopic urn — an urn used in ancient Egypt to hold and preserve the internal organs of the mummified dead
- capaciously — In a capacious manner.
- capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- cappuccinos — Plural form of cappuccino.
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chirrupings — Plural form of chirruping.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away