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14-letter words containing u, p, t, o, n, s

  • 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
  • instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
  • insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
  • 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.
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
  • knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
  • lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
  • luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
  • 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.
  • munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
  • 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.
  • non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
  • 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.
  • north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • 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.
  • pennatulaceous — of or relating to a sea pen
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • position audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
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