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

  • supervolute — (of convolute leaves) enveloping a rolled up leaf within the bud
  • 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
  • supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
  • suspectable — that could be suspected
  • suspectedly — so as to arouse suspicion
  • suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • sympetalous — gamopetalous.
  • teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
  • tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
  • telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • tlaquepaque — a city in Jalisco state, W central Mexico: suburb of Guadalajara.
  • tolyl group — any of three univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
  • top-up loan — a further loan extended to an existing debtor
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • tree lupine — a shrubby, Californian tree, Lupinus arboreus, of the legume family, having hairy, finger-shaped leaflets and fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers.
  • tricuspidal — having three cusps
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • triple jump — a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • trisepalous — having three sepals.
  • trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
  • trumpet leg — a turned leg that flares upward and outward from a narrow lower end.
  • trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
  • tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
  • tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
  • tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
  • turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
  • ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
  • unadaptable — capable of being adapted.
  • unadoptable — (of children or animals) not able to be adopted or placed in a home
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
  • uncompleted — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
  • undo-plasty — cosmetic surgical procedures designed to reverse the results of a previous procedure or procedures
  • unexploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • unimpartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
  • uniparental — having one parent, as an organism produced by parthenogenesis.
  • unipetalous — having only one petal.
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