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16-letter words containing e, p, l, u

  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • sun in splendour — a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
  • superb blue wren — a small Australian bird, Malurus cyaneus, the adult male of which has bright blue plumage
  • superciliousness — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superior general — the superior of an order or congregation.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
  • susceptibilities — emotional sensibilities; feelings
  • sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
  • swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  • to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
  • topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
  • trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under sb's spell — If you are under someone 's spell, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think about anything else.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
  • unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
  • unimproved value — the valuation of land for rating purposes, disregarding the value of buildings or other development
  • unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
  • unix manual page — (operating system)   (Or "man page") A part of Unix's extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page from the Unix command line, type: man [-s
    ] e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. Man pages for most versions of Unix are available on-line in HTML.
  • unparticularized — to make particular.
  • unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
  • up with the lark — up early in the morning
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
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