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14-letter words containing m, u, r, p

  • supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
  • support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
  • supramaxillary — of or relating to the upper jaw
  • supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • 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
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
  • triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
  • triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
  • trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
  • trumpet marine — an obsolete musical instrument having a long, wooden, pyramid-shaped body, characteristically with one string that is touched with the finger to produce harmonics and is bowed between the touching finger and the upper end.
  • trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
  • turmeric paper — paper treated with turmeric: used to indicate the presence of alkalis, which turn it brown, or of boric acid, which turns it reddish-brown.
  • turn up trumps — (of a person) to bring about a happy or successful conclusion (to an event, problem, etc), esp unexpectedly
  • ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
  • uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
  • uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
  • uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • under-employed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
  • unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
  • unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
  • unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
  • up to the mark — acceptably good
  • victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
  • xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
  • yom kippur war — a war that began on Yom Kippur in 1973 with the attack of Israel by Egypt, Syria, and Iraq: Israel recovered most of its initial losses.
  • zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.
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