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14-letter words containing u, t, i, p

  • mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • multicomponent — Having, or affecting, multiple components.
  • multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
  • multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
  • multiple drill — a drilling machine having a number of vertical spindles for drilling several holes in a piece simultaneously.
  • multiple fruit — a fruit, such as a pineapple, formed from the ovaries of individual flowers in an inflorescence
  • multiple store — chain store.
  • multiple value — (database)   (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
  • multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • multiplicities — Plural form of multiplicity.
  • multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
  • multiprocessor — parallel processing
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
  • naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
  • neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
  • nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
  • nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
  • 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
  • nonparticulate — Not particulate.
  • nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
  • nonrepudiation — (legal) Assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  • nonspeculative — not speculative
  • nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
  • nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • nuclear option — the use of or power to use nuclear weapons
  • nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
  • out of spirits — sad; depressed
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
  • painted beauty — a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
  • 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.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
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