14-letter words containing e, u, p, t
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- suspender belt — garter belt.
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- take a picture — capture sb or sth on camera
- take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- temper tantrum — tantrum.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
- the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
- the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.