14-letter words containing e, n, s, p, u
- something's up — something is amiss
- sound pressure — Also called excess sound pressure, instantaneous sound pressure. the difference between the pressure at a point in a medium through which a sound wave is passing and the static pressure of the medium at that point.
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
- superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating