13-letter words containing p, o, u, r
- 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.
- superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- superior room — A superior room is a room in a hotel that is more comfortable or has better amenities than other rooms.
- 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.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
- superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
- superpowerful — extremely powerful
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superregional — involving many regions
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- superstitious — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
- supersurgeons — highly skilled surgeon
- 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.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- 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
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- 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.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- tour operator — agent organizing package holidays
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966