13-letter words containing s, u, p, i, c
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- superterrific — more than terrific
- support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
- suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- unperspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- unpicturesque — not visually pleasing; not striking or beautiful
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unspecialized — not specialized
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified