14-letter words containing s, p, o, i
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- superimportant — extremely important
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superinfection — marked proliferation of a parasitic microorganism during antimicrobial treatment for another infection.
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- 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
- 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.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supposititious — fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
- supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- suspiciousness — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- sweeping score — a line at each end of the rink parallel to the foot score and extending through the center of the tee.
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- think positive — be optimistic
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- topic sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
- transportation — the act of transporting.
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.