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13-letter words containing u, y, s

  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
  • 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 tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
  • superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • 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.
  • supernumerary — being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • supersubtlety — the quality of being extremely subtle
  • supersymmetry — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • surface yeast — yeast that rises to the surface as froth during fermentation.
  • surface-layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
  • surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
  • survey course — an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
  • survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
  • suspensefully — in a suspenseful manner
  • sweet alyssum — a garden plant, Lobularia maritima, of the mustard family, having narrow leaves and small, white or violet flowers.
  • sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
  • synchronously — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
  • tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
  • trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
  • transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
  • traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
  • traverse jury — petty jury.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
  • trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
  • tubeless tyre — a pneumatic tyre in which the outer casing makes an airtight seal with the rim of the wheel so that an inner tube is unnecessary
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