14-letter words containing s, o, u, p, y
- pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- platycephalous — flat-headed
- pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- polymorphously — in a polymorphous manner
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- pouilly fuissé — a dry white Burgundy wine made from the chardonnay grape
- pouilly-fuisse — a dry, white wine from Burgundy.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year