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14-letter words containing s, e, t, u

  • superterranean — situated, or living, on the earth's surface
  • supplementally — supplementary.
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
  • supportiveness — giving support.
  • suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
  • supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
  • surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
  • surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
  • susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • suspender belt — garter belt.
  • suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
  • sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
  • sweet chestnut — tree: edible nuts
  • sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
  • sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
  • sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tax adjustment — a change to the amount of tax owed by a company or individual
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
  • tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
  • terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • test-tube baby — an infant developed from an ovum fertilized in vitro and implanted into a woman's uterus, usually that of the biological mother.
  • test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
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