11-letter words containing p, u, t
- super-title — (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.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superdainty — very dainty
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superfluity — the state of being superfluous.
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supernatant — floating above or on the surface.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- supernature — the supernatural
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- supersafety — the state of being supersafe
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- supersecret — a top secret
- supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- superstrong — extremely strong
- superstruct — to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part
- supersubtle — extremely or excessively subtle; oversubtle.
- supersystem — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- supertitles — (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.
- supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportment — the action of supporting
- supportress — a female supporter
- supposed to — have responsibility, job
- supposition — the act of supposing.
- suppositive — of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.