11-letter words containing s, u, p
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- displuviate — (of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.
- disputation — the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.
- disputative — Tending to dispute.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- disruptants — Plural form of disruptant.
- disruptions — Plural form of disruption.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- do sb proud — If someone does you proud, they treat you very well, for example by welcoming you and giving you good food and entertainment.
- dope pusher — pusher (def 2).
- double-stop — to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- drug pusher — someone who encourages others to take illegal drugs and who makes money supplying illegal drugs
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
- duopolistic — Characteristic of a duopoly.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicitous — marked or characterized by duplicity.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- east punjab — the eastern part of the former province of Punjab, in British India: now part of Punjab state, India.
- eleven-plus — The eleven-plus is an exam which was taken by children in Britain at about the age of eleven, in order to decide which secondary school they should go to.