14-letter words containing s, p, u, t, m
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- spectator pump — a woman's spectator shoe, closed at the front and back, usually having a medium or medium-high heel.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
- sports stadium — an arena where sports are played
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- stream capture — piracy (def 3).
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- stubble-jumper — a prairie grain farmer
- studio complex — a building containing a room or rooms used to record television or radio programmes, make films, music, etc
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supercommittee — A supercommittee is a committee which has members from two or more organizations or political groups.
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- superimportant — extremely important
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- supplementally — supplementary.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turn up trumps — (of a person) to bring about a happy or successful conclusion (to an event, problem, etc), esp unexpectedly
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.