14-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
- jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
- jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
- metal paste-up — a method for making up a form for printing in which engravings mounted on blocks are positioned on and pasted to a metal base.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multiple store — chain store.
- multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonspeculative — not speculative
- nonspontaneous — Not spontaneous.
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- opt-out clause — a clause that permits signatories to a contract to opt out of particular provisions, or to terminate the contract early
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
- pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.