13-letter words containing s, o, u, p, c
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- 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
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- 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.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
- suspercollate — to hang
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.