11-letter words containing u, p, o, n, e
- pop-up menu — a menu that suddenly appears when an option is selected
- pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
- port number — port
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- progeniture — procreation
- proper noun — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- pseudophone — an instrument for producing illusory auditory localization by changing the relationship between the receptor and the actual direction of the sound.
- puget sound — an arm of the Pacific, in NW Washington.
- pulley bone — wishbone (def 1).
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- put one out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.