13-letter words containing u, p, s, o
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- status report — statement or update
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- superior room — A superior room is a room in a hotel that is more comfortable or has better amenities than other rooms.
- superiorities — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.