15-letter words containing t, h, e, s, u, p
- put the nips in — to exert pressure on someone, esp in order to extort money
- put to the test — check performance
- rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
- self-punishment — the act of punishing.
- serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
- studhorse poker — stud poker.
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.