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15-letter words containing r, u, s, t, p

  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturalist — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
  • supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • superparasitism — the parasitic deposit of eggs on a host already parasitized by a different member of the same species
  • superpatriotism — the quality of being superpatriotic
  • 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
  • support mission — assistance given by one military unit to another to assist in the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • suppressibility — the capacity to be suppressed
  • 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.
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • 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.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • textus receptus — a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
  • to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
  • 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.
  • trivial pursuit — a board game that is based the ability to answer questions on popular culture and general knowledge
  • trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
  • turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
  • 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.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • un-presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • university park — a city in N Texas.
  • unopportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • 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
  • unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • up one's street — (just) what one knows or likes best
  • up to your ears — If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
  • up to your eyes — If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.
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