14-letter words containing p, a, r, u, e, s
- spiritualities — church property or revenue or a Church benefice
- spiritus asper — rough breathing.
- spotted laurel — an evergreen cornaceous shrub, Aucuba japonica, of S and SE Asia, the female of which has yellow-spotted leaves
- squared splice — square splice.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- stream capture — piracy (def 3).
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supercelestial — located above the heavens; above the heavens or celestial regions
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
- superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- supersaturated — to increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation; saturate abnormally.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- superspectacle — an extravagant cinematic spectacle, esp the silent Italian films of the early 1900s
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- superterranean — situated, or living, on the earth's surface
- 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.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- 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