16-letter words containing u, p, o, n
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- counter-petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- counter-response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterproposals — Plural form of counterproposal.
- court appearance — the appearance of an accused person before a court
- crown prosecutor — In Britain, a crown prosecutor is a lawyer who works for the state and who prosecutes people who are accused of crimes.
- cuban royal palm — a feather palm, Roystonea regia, of tropical America, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle, drooping leaves from 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) long, and small, round fruit.
- cutting compound — a mixture, such as oil, water, and soap, used for cooling drills and other cutting tools
- dandruff shampoo — a preparation of soap or detergent used to wash the hair and which helps to control and reduce dandruff
- decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.
- departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
- depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- diazoamino group — the divalent group –N=NNH–.
- discussion group — group assembled to discuss sth
- disputatiousness — The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness.
- do oneself proud — to do extremely well
- double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
- double pneumonia — pneumonia affecting both lungs.
- double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- eastern european — relating to, situated in or coming from Eastern Europe
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
- electron capture — the transformation of an atomic nucleus in which an electron from the atom is spontaneously absorbed into the nucleus. A proton is changed into a neutron, thereby reducing the atomic number by 1. A neutrino is emitted. The process may be detected by the consequent emission of the characteristic X-rays of the resultant element
- escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
- european council — an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission
- exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
- extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
- fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
- francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
- frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
- fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
- functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- george m pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- get up sb's nose — If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
- golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
- gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
- honeymoon couple — a newly-married couple who are on their honeymoon
- houphouet-boigny — Félix [French fey-leeks] /French feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1905–1993, Ivory Coast political leader: president 1960–93.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.