13-letter words containing p, u, t, s, e
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- 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.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- 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.
- suspectedness — the state of being suspected
- suspercollate — to hang
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- 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.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- trouser press — an electrical appliance that is used for taking the creases out of trousers
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- tyre pressure — the pressure of the air in a vehicle tyre
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- under protest — having voiced objections; unwillingly
- understrapper — an underling.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistempered — not diseased; free from illness
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- unperfectness — the state or quality of being imperfect
- unpicturesque — not visually pleasing; not striking or beautiful
- unpitifulness — a lack or absence of pity
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unpresentable — not fit to be shown or introduced to other people
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unrepresented — having no representative