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11-letter words containing s, u, t, a, p

  • straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stratopause — the boundary or transition layer between the stratosphere and mesosphere.
  • stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
  • sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
  • subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
  • substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
  • super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superaltern — a universal proposition that is the basis for the immediate inference of a corresponding particular proposition.
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
  • superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
  • superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
  • superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • supernatant — floating above or on the surface.
  • supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
  • supernature — the supernatural
  • superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
  • supersafety — the state of being supersafe
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
  • support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
  • supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
  • suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
  • suppuration — the process of suppurating.
  • suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
  • suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
  • susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
  • suspectable — that could be suspected
  • suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
  • sympathique — pleasing or congenial
  • sympetalous — gamopetalous.
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
  • tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • tip-up seat — a seat that is able to be pulled down for sitting on and returns to an upright position when not in use
  • tomato soup — soup made from tomatoes
  • tricuspidal — having three cusps
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
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