11-letter words containing u, p, i, n
- sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subsumption — an act of subsuming.
- sucking-pig — a pig that is not yet weaned
- suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
- sun prairie — a town in S Wisconsin.
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- superceding — supersede.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superinduce — to bring in or induce as an added feature, circumstance, etc.; superimpose.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
- supernation — a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
- superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
- superseding — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- supersinger — an exceptional singer
- supersonics — the branch of science that deals with supersonic phenomena.
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- supplanting — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- supposition — the act of supposing.
- suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- surplussing — something that remains above what is used or needed.
- suspendible — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- suspensible — capable of being suspended.
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- swan-upping — the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- tip and run — a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- tree lupine — a shrubby, Californian tree, Lupinus arboreus, of the legume family, having hairy, finger-shaped leaflets and fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers.
- tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
- tuning pipe — pitch pipe.
- turing plus — Systems programming language, a concurrent descendant of Turing. Available from Holt Software Assocs, Toronto <[email protected]>.
- turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
- unamplified — not amplified, magnified, or enlarged
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- unappealing — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.