14-letter words containing u, p, t, e
- expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
- expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
- exposure meter — photography: light meter
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- founder's type — special type cast by a type founder for hand composition, as opposed to type cast in a mechanical composing machine
- function creep — the gradual widening of the use of a technology or system beyond the purpose for which it was originally intended, esp when this leads to potential invasion of privacy
- function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
- future perfect — perfect with respect to a temporal point of reference in time to come; completed with respect to a time in the future, especially when incomplete with respect to the present.
- gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- 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 of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
- group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- gum turpentine — turpentine (sense 2)
- 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.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- 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
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- in the picture — informed about a given situation
- 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.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- injection pump — An injection pump is a device that supplies fuel under pressure to the injector of a fuel injection system.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.