14-letter words containing t, y, p, e
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- sesquipedality — given to using long words.
- shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- supplementally — supplementary.
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- surprise party — a party or celebration planned for someone as a surprise.
- susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- teletypesetter — a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- temporary duty — duty of limited duration performed with an organization other than the one to which a person is normally attached or assigned. Abbreviation: TDY.
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II