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13-letter words containing o, u, t, s, p, r

  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • status report — statement or update
  • streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
  • supercautious — very or extremely cautious
  • supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
  • superiorities — the quality or condition of being superior.
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • superstitious — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
  • supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
  • support group — a group of people who meet regularly to support or sustain each other by discussing problems affecting them in common, as alcoholism or bereavement.
  • support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
  • supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
  • surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
  • surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • suspercollate — to hang
  • tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
  • time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
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