14-letter words containing p, u, n
- 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.
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- 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.
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
- superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- supersensitize — to render or make supersensitive.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- superterranean — situated, or living, on the earth's surface
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportiveness — giving support.
- 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.
- supralapsarian — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- suspender belt — garter belt.
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- suspiciousness — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
- temper tantrum — tantrum.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.