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15-letter words containing o, u, t, e, r, p

  • superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • superpatriotism — the quality of being superpatriotic
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
  • turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
  • turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • un-presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • unary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which one element is used to yield a single result, as squaring or taking the square root.
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
  • unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • unproportionate — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
  • unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
  • unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
  • unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • up one's street — (just) what one knows or likes best
  • up to your ears — If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
  • up to your eyes — If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • wood turpentine — turpentine obtained from pine trees.
  • young pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
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