12-letter words containing p, u, s, l
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slip through — be undetected
- slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- special jury — struck jury.
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- spiritualist — an adherent of spiritualism.
- spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- squeeze play — Baseball. Also called suicide squeeze, suicide squeeze play. a play executed when there is a runner on third base and usually not more than one out, in which the runner starts for home as soon as the pitcher makes a motion to pitch, and the batter bunts. Also called safety squeeze, safety squeeze play. a similar play in which the runner on third base waits until the batter has successfully bunted before trying to score.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subsoil plow — a plow for stirring the subsoil, usually without disturbing the surface.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- sulfate pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfate process.
- sulfite pulp — wood pulp made by the sulfite process.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate