14-letter words containing s, e, r, p, n
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
- superexcellent — extremely excellent; better than excellent
- superexpensive — very or extremely expensive
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superscription — the act of superscribing.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- supersensitive — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- supersensitize — to render or make supersensitive.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- superterranean — situated, or living, on the earth's surface
- supportiveness — giving support.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- suspender belt — garter belt.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- tape transport — transport (def 12).
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings