14-letter words containing u, t, i, p
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
- 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.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- inter-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- 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.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
- 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.
- joint compound — a plasterlike material used to cover joints or the heads of screws in drywall or plasterboard.
- junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
- juxtapositions — Plural form of juxtaposition.
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- lord spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lotus position — a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microcomputing — the use of microcomputers.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- minority group — minority (defs 3, 4).
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- motion picture — a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.