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15-letter words containing s, p, u, r, t, a

  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • pluralistically — from a pluralistic point of view
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • post-parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
  • poststimulatory — following stimulation
  • posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
  • pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
  • pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • protospatharius — (of the Byzantine empire) a high-ranking official in the imperial guard
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
  • pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
  • pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
  • put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
  • quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • queen's pattern — a pattern of ceramic decoration consisting of bands of swirling radial lines, white on blue alternating with red on white.
  • reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
  • sb's trump card — Your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • static pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
  • steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
  • stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
  • sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • super-sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • superbureaucrat — an important or highly powerful bureaucrat
  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
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