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10-letter words containing p, u, i, r

  • superliner — an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
  • supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
  • superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
  • superpaint — (graphics)   A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
  • supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertight — extremely tight
  • supertitle — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
  • supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
  • supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
  • supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
  • supervisee — a supervised person
  • supervises — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
  • supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
  • suppertime — the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
  • supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • supportive — giving support.
  • supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
  • supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
  • suprapubic — above the pubic bone
  • supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
  • suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
  • surpassing — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • surplusing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
  • surprising — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
  • suspirious — breathing heavily or with pain
  • tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
  • thumbprint — a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
  • trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
  • tripehound — an objectionable person
  • tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
  • tripudiary — pertaining to dancing
  • tripudiate — to dance for joy
  • triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • triumphery — a triumvir
  • trumpeting — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
  • tulip tree — Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turpentine — any of various oleoresins derived from coniferous trees, especially the longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and yielding a volatile oil and a resin when distilled.
  • turpentiny — of, containing, or similar to turpentine
  • ultrarapid — extraordinarily quick or fast
  • unapprised — not informed or apprised of something
  • unaspiring — lacking ambition or aspiration
  • uncrippled — not crippled
  • undeprived — marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter: a deprived childhood.
  • underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
  • underprice — to price (goods or merchandise) lower than the standard price or fair value.
  • underprize — to prize insufficiently
  • undrooping — not drooping, not sinking down; unfaltering
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