11-letter words containing s, p, u, r, i
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- superpraise — to praise excessively
- superprofit — above-average profits gained through enterprise
- superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
- superscribe — to write (words, letters, one's name, address, etc.) above or on something.
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- supersinger — an exceptional singer
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- supertitles — (especially in opera production) a translation of a segment of the libretto or other text or sometimes a brief summary of the plot projected onto a screen above the stage during a performance.
- supervirile — highly virile
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supervisory — of, relating to, or having supervision.
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- suppressive — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- surplussing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- survey ship — a vessel designed to carry out research and surveying
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
- unaspirated — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- underpraise — to praise to a lesser degree or extent than the circumstances warrant.
- undisrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.