13-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
- cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- disceptatious — disputable
- disreputation — disrepute.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- entrepreneurs — Plural form of entrepreneur.
- entrepreneuse — a female entrepreneur
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.