10-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spissitude — compactness
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- steamed up — obscured by vapour
- stepped-up — increased; augmented; expanded; heightened: a stepped-up fundraising campaign.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- streperous — boisterous, loud, or harsh-sounding
- strepitous — boisterous; noisy.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- stuffed up — sinuses, nose: congested
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- superacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- superagent — an expert or highly effective agent, esp of a sports player or actor
- superaltar — a consecrated portable stone slab for use on an unconsecrated altar
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superelite — (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- superexalt — to exalt further; to exalt or raise above others or above a previous position
- superfecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first four finishers in exact order.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- superjanet — An initiative started in 1989, under the Computer Board, with the aim of developing of a national broadband network to support UK higher education and research. The preparatory work culminated in 1992 with the award of a contract worth 18M pounds to British Telecom to provide networking services over a four year period that extends to March 1997. The BT contract will provide a national network with two components: a high speed, configurable bandwidth network serving up to 16 sites, initially using PDH to be replaced with SDH, and a high speed switched data service (SMDS) serving 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH component will be to support the development and deployment of an ATM network. These components will be complemented by several high performance Metropolitan Area Networks each serving several closely located sites. The aim is to provide, within the first year of the project, a pervasive network capable of supporting a large and diverse user community. The network has two parts, an IP data network and an ATM network, both operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 the pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the JANET IP Service. In November 1993 work was well advanced on the next phase which aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand the scope of the video network. The principal vehicle used for the expansion of the data network will be the SMDS service provided by BT. Most of the work associated with the development of this phase is expected to be completed by the end of March 1994.
- superlight — extremely light
- superpaint — (graphics) A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
- superscout — a highly skilled scout
- supersmart — exceptionally smart
- superstate — a state or a governing power presiding over states subordinated to it.
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment