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14-letter words containing s, u, p, i

  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
  • expostulations — Plural form of expostulation.
  • eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
  • fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
  • first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
  • fluid pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid, directly proportional to the specific gravity at any point and to the height of the fluid above the point.
  • function space — a linear space, the elements of which are functions.
  • giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic)   (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
  • hyperconscious — acutely aware.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
  • hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
  • immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
  • imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
  • implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
  • impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
  • in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
  • in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
  • inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
  • income support — welfare payment to low earners
  • inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
  • instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
  • insulinotropic — That stimulates or affects the production of insulin.
  • insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
  • insuppressible — incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
  • insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
  • interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
  • interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
  • intussuscepted — Received into some other thing or part, like a sword into a sheath.
  • ion propulsion — Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative electrons repelled from the vehicle by electrostatic forces, resulting in a very high exhaust velocity.
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
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