14-letter words containing s, u, p
- campanulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers
- campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
- cape peninsula — (in South Africa) the peninsula and the part of the mainland on which Cape Town and most of its suburbs are located
- capparidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Capparidaceae (or (Capparaceae), a family of plants, mostly shrubs including the caper, of warm tropical regions
- capriciousness — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- castrop-rauxel — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 78 208 (2003 est)
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- caustic potash — potassium hydroxide
- chauvinist pig — a sexist man
- cheese product — a processed cheese consisting in the U.S. of at least 50 percent cheese to which cheese whey or whey albumin may be added.
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- chinese puzzle — an intricate puzzle, esp one consisting of boxes within boxes
- chlorophyllous — of or containing chlorophyll.
- choroid plexus — a multilobed vascular membrane, projecting into the cerebral ventricles, that secretes cerebrospinal fluid
- circumposition — the act of circumposing
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- circumspective — given to or marked by circumspection; watchful; cautious: His behavior was circumspective.
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cleistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- closed couplet — a couplet that concludes with an end-stopped line.
- coeliac plexus — the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs
- communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
- compass course — the direction of a ship's course based on its compass
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- compulsiveness — compelling; compulsory.
- compusult ltd. — A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access Unix.
- compute server — (computer, parallel) A kind of parallel processor where the parallel processors have no I/O except via a bus or other connection to a front-end processor which handles all I/O to disks, terminals and network. In some antiquated IBM mainframes, a second CPU was provided that could not access I/O devices, known as the slave or attached processor, while the CPU having access to all devices was known as the master processor.
- computer virus — virus
- conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
- conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concupiscently — In a concupiscent manner; with concupiscence.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- consumer group — an organization that campaigns for the rights of consumers
- contemptuously — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- corpus christi — a festival in honour of the Eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday
- corpus delicti — the body of facts that constitute an offence
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- councilpersons — Plural form of councilperson.