13-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- superstitious — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
- supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
- surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
- surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- 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.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- t-stop system — a system of stops calibrated by T numbers.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
- the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the-possessed — a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky.
- the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation