14-letter words containing s, i, e, u
- superior court — the court of general jurisdiction found in many states of the United States.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- superluxurious — extremely luxurious
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
- 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.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- supportiveness — giving support.
- 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.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- survival value — the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- suspiciousness — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- sweet viburnum — the sheepberry, Viburnum lentago.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
- 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 rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay