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13-letter words containing s, u, r, e, p, t

  • private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • root pressure — osmotic pressure within the cells of a root system that causes sap to rise through a plant stem to the leaves.
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
  • sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • 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.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • spruce beetle — a beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis, that feeds on and nests in spruce, pine, and other evergreen trees, sometimes causing extensive damage.
  • status report — statement or update
  • stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
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