15-letter words containing p, u, t, s, c
- situs picketing — common situs picketing.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
- special subject — an area of knowledge in which someone specializes
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- static pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- sub-post office — (in Britain) a post office run by a sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress as a self-employed agent for the Post Office
- subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- suicide attempt — bid to kill oneself
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
- super-efficient — performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient assistant.
- superbureaucrat — an important or highly powerful bureaucrat
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
- superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
- surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
- surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- textus receptus — a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
- turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
- turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
- 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.
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unopportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.