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13-letter words containing s, p, u, n

  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
  • sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
  • spurious wing — alula (def 1).
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
  • stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
  • stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • sunny side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
  • sunny-side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • super-intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
  • super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
  • superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superannuable — (of a salary or job) with which a superannuation is associated, which entitles one to a superannuation
  • superannuated — retired because of age or infirmity.
  • superbrain ii — (computer)   The 1982 successor to the Superbrain with a faster and enhanced disk operating system and improved video and graphics.
  • supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • superminister — a minister with a wide range of responsibilities
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
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