16-letter words containing s, t, u, p, o
- supranationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suspense account — an account in which items are temporarily entered until their final disposition is determined.
- suspension point — one of a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words
- swamp buttonwood — the buttonbush.
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
- to pass judgment — If you pass judgment on someone or something, you give your opinion about it, especially if you are making a criticism.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- tongue depressor — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
- torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
- transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
- turn upside down — invert
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
- up to one's ears — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- up to one's eyes — extremely busy (with)
- up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
- up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
- vitruvius pollio — Marcus, flourished 1st century b.c, Roman architect, engineer, and author.
- well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty