14-letter words containing u, p, o, n
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- production run — all of the processes necessary to manufacture a certain product etc
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudo-science — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., especially as a guide to action, decision, or the like.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.