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

  • quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
  • quarterpipe — Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
  • quartz lamp — a lamp consisting of an ultraviolet light source, as mercury vapor, contained in a fused-silica bulb that transmits ultraviolet light with little absorption.
  • raptureless — without rapture
  • rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
  • recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
  • reduplicate — to double; repeat.
  • repudiation — the act of repudiating.
  • repudiative — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
  • repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
  • rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
  • rupes altai — a mountain range in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 315 miles (507 km) long.
  • santa paula — a city in SW California.
  • sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
  • scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
  • septenarius — a verse consisting of seven feet, usually printed in two lines: used especially in Latin poems.
  • snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
  • southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
  • spartanburg — a city in NW South Carolina.
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speculatist — a person who speculates
  • speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
  • spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sporulation — to produce spores.
  • sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
  • sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
  • stamp album — a book used by collectors of postage stamps to display and store their stamps
  • stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
  • stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
  • stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
  • stirrup jar — pseudamphora.
  • straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • 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.
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