10-letter words containing u, p, s, t, a
- 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.
- supersmart — exceptionally smart
- superstate — a state or a governing power presiding over states subordinated to it.
- supination — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward (opposed to pronation).
- supplanted — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- supplicant — supplicating.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- supravital — pertaining to or involving a staining method for a preparation of living cells.
- tamaulipas — a state in NE Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 30,731 sq. mi. (79,595 sq. km). Capital: Ciudad Victoria.
- tatpurusha — a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.
- tipu sahib — 1750–99, sultan of Mysore 1782–99.
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- transputer — A transputer is a type of fast powerful microchip.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- ultrasharp — (of a monitor or screen) having very high definition
- underpants — drawers or shorts worn under outer clothing, usually next to the skin.
- uniseptate — Biology. having only one septum or partition, as a silicle.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- unpastured — not used as pasture
- unpleasant — not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
- unseparate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- unsympathy — lack of sympathy
- up a stump — unable to act, think, answer, etc.; in a dilemma; perplexed
- up against — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- upstanding — upright; honorable; straightforward.
- usucapient — (of property) in possession of: occupying
- usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- utopianism — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
- utopianist — the views or habit of mind of a utopian; impracticable schemes of political or social reform.
- waterspout — Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
- what's up? — If you say to someone 'What's up?' or if you tell them what's up, you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them.