12-letter words containing e, p, u, l
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- suppressedly — in a suppressed manner
- suppressible — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suspenseless — lacking suspense
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- téléphérique — a cableway
- teleutospore — a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- tip-up table — a pedestal table having a top folding downward in two leaves.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- trou-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unapparelled — lacking clothing; unattired
- unappealable — not appealable to a higher court, as a cause.
- unappeasable — to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king.
- unappeasably — in an unappeasable manner
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unapplicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition