10-letter words containing s, e, p, o
- strepitoso — (to be performed) boisterously
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- subprocess — a process that is part of a larger process
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supercover — an insurance policy with additional benefits
- supergroup — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superjumbo — an extremely large twin-deck jet-propelled airliner that can carry over 500 passengers
- supermacho — extremely macho
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- superorder — a category of related orders within a class or subclass.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- superposed — growing or lying directly above another part or organ
- superpower — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superstore — a very large store, especially one stocking a wide variety of merchandise.
- superstorm — a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction: The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suppletion — the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supportive — giving support.
- supposable — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- supposedly — assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
- suppressor — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suspension — the act of suspending.