12-letter words containing u, p, o, n, e
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- decompounded — Simple past tense and past participle of decompound.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- equipollence — The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inequipotent — not equally powerful or potent
- injury-prone — often sustaining injuries
- inoperculate — having no operculum.