10-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- supertitle — (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.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supertruck — a fast powerful truck used in truck racing
- supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
- supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- supervisee — a supervised person
- supervises — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suppertime — the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supportive — giving support.
- suppressed — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppresses — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppressor — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- suprarenal — situated above or on the kidney.
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- surplusage — something that is surplus; an excess amount.
- suspenders — Suspenders are a pair of straps that go over someone's shoulders and are fastened to their pants at the front and back to prevent the pants from falling down.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- the purple — high rank; nobility
- thruppence — threepence.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- transputer — A transputer is a type of fast powerful microchip.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
- tripudiate — to dance for joy
- triumphery — a triumvir
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
- trumped-up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
- trumpeldor — Joseph, 1880–1920, Zionist leader, born in Russia.
- trumpeting — Music. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. a trumpeter.
- tule perch — See under perch2 (def 3).
- tulip tree — Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
- tupperware — Tupperware is a range of plastic containers with tight-fitting lids that are used for storing food.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.