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13-letter words containing s, e, p, u, l, t

  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
  • sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • super-culture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • supercritical — extremely critical.
  • superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • supersubtlety — the quality of being extremely subtle
  • superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
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