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15-letter words containing r, i, d, e, u, p

  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sodium peroxide — a yellowish-white, hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, Na 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent.
  • sulphur dioxide — a colourless soluble pungent gas produced by burning sulphur. It is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent and is used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the preservation of a wide range of foodstuffs (E220), bleaching, and disinfecting. Formula: SO2
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
  • surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
  • tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • 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.
  • udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
  • under suspicion — suspected of a crime
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • underprivileged — denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
  • underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
  • underpublicized — lacking publicity
  • uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
  • upper east side — a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • wood turpentine — turpentine obtained from pine trees.
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