10-letter words containing s, p, o, r, u
- supergroup — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superjumbo — an extremely large twin-deck jet-propelled airliner that can carry over 500 passengers
- supermacho — extremely macho
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- superorder — a category of related orders within a class or subclass.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- superposed — growing or lying directly above another part or organ
- superpower — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superstore — a very large store, especially one stocking a wide variety of merchandise.
- superstorm — a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction: The superstorm brought a 15-foot storm surge to the harbor.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supervisor — a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- suppletory — supplying a deficiency.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supportive — giving support.
- suppressor — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- suspirious — breathing heavily or with pain
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tripterous — three-winged; having three wings or winglike expansions.
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- truss hoop — a hoop placed around the staves of a barrel to secure them in place.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- unperilous — not hazardous or dangerous
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage
- unproposed — not proposed, put forward, or offered
- unpurposed — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- unreposing — not relaxing, restful, or tranquil
- unsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- unsuperior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- upgrowings — instances of growing upwards
- upholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
- uproarious — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- uprootings — acts of uprooting
- upwards of — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- uredospore — the spore of the rust fungi that appears between the aeciospore and the teliospore, commonly the summer spore.