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15-letter words containing s, p, u, e

  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superexcellence — extreme or supreme excellence; the quality of being superexcellent
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • superficialness — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superfluousness — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
  • superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturalist — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
  • supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • superparasitism — the parasitic deposit of eggs on a host already parasitized by a different member of the same species
  • superpatriotism — the quality of being superpatriotic
  • superphenomenon — a phenomenon that is beyond the typical qualities of phenomena
  • superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
  • superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
  • supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • suppressibility — the capacity to be suppressed
  • suppressiveness — the quality of being suppressive
  • suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
  • surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • suspensefulness — the state of being suspenseful
  • suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • textus receptus — a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
  • turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
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