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10-letter words containing s, u, p, e, r, i

  • putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
  • pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
  • quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
  • quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
  • repoussoir — a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.
  • reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
  • resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
  • resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
  • resupinate — bent backward.
  • rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
  • rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
  • russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
  • scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
  • simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
  • spermarium — the sperm gland
  • spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
  • spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
  • spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
  • spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
  • sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
  • strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
  • subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
  • subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
  • subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
  • sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
  • sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
  • sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
  • sun spider — any predatory, scorpionlike arachnid of the order Solifugae (or Solpugida), having enormously developed mouth pincers and a long body covered with tactile hairs, inhabiting deserts and plains regions in all warm parts of the world except Australia.
  • super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
  • superbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • superbrain — (computer)   A personal computer released in 1980 by Intertec. The Superbrain had two Z80A microprocessors running at 4 MHz, one for the main processing and the other for peripheral activities. It had an integrated keyboard and display. It was sold with the CP/M operating system, Microsoft Basic, an 8080 assembler and Microsoft Cobol 74. The base model, the "Superbrain 10", had no drives, only a network connection. Other models added one or two 5" floppy disc units. The "Jr" had 170K drives (single-sided), the "QD" had 340 KB drives (double-sided) and the "SD" had 780k. Intertec did not sell or support a hard drive or an S-100 bus for these machines. The network version of the SuperBrain was called CompuStar. The network was a large gray parallel cable. CompuStar had three "file servers" that accepted up to 255 machines. These were the "DSS-10" with a 10MB 8" Winchester drive; the "CDC" with 96MB consisting of 80MB fixed and a 16MB removable platter; and the "Priam" with a 144MB 14" platter winchester. Intertec manufactured the controllers for the last two and an enclosure and power supply for the Priam. CDC had to go on-site to install the 96MB. The SuperBrain was succeeded in 1982 by the SuperBrain II.
  • supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • superdrive — (storage)   Apple Computer, Inc.'s name for a combined DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-RW drive that appeared in the iMac in 2002.
  • superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
  • superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
  • superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superiorly — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
  • superlight — extremely light
  • superliner — an ocean liner of relatively great size or speed.
  • supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
  • superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
  • superpaint — (graphics)   A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
  • supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertight — extremely tight
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