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.