14-letter words containing p, o, t, s, i
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- strepsipterous — belonging or pertaining to the order Strepsiptera, comprising minute insects that are closely related to the beetles, the twisted-winged male being free-living and the wingless female parasitic in various insect hosts.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superior court — the court of general jurisdiction found in many states of the United States.
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supposititious — fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
- supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- think positive — be optimistic
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.