14-letter words containing s, p, o, r, u
- superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- 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
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- 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.
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- unionist party — (formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972
- unit separator — (character) (US) ASCII character 31.
- unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unprepossessed — not prepossessed, not prejudiced; unbiased
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- unprofessional — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unpropitiously — in an unfavourable or inauspicious manner
- unprosperously — in an unprosperous or unsuccessful manner
- unresponsively — in an unresponsive manner
- unscrupulously — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- up to the ears — very deeply
- upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- vapor pressure — the pressure exerted by the molecules of a vapor, especially that part of the total pressure exerted by vapor in a mixture of gases, as by water vapor in air.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- well-supported — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- western europe — countries in the west of Europe
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.