14-letter words containing u, p, o, n
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- group of seven — G7.
- gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
- immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- infopreneurial — of or relating to the manufacture or sales of electronic office or factory equipment designed to distribute information
- injection pump — An injection pump is a device that supplies fuel under pressure to the injector of a fuel injection system.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- johnny-jump-up — any of certain violets, especially Viola pedunculata, having variously colored flowers.
- joint compound — a plasterlike material used to cover joints or the heads of screws in drywall or plasterboard.
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- louis napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.