15-letter words containing p, o, u, r, i, l
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.