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15-letter words containing t, u, l, e, p, r

  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
  • stiff upper lip — stoicism
  • stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
  • streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
  • sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
  • super-sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturalist — supernatural character or agency.
  • supernaturality — the quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalism.
  • supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
  • superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
  • superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • suppressibility — the capacity to be suppressed
  • surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
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