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16-letter words containing up

  • man and superman — a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw.
  • marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
  • mock turtle soup — a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.
  • myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
  • noise suppressor — squelch (def 8).
  • nuncupative will — a will made by the oral and unwritten declaration of the testator, valid only in special circumstances.
  • occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
  • on the up and up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
  • on the up-and-up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
  • once upon a time — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
  • one's cup of tea — the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
  • phosphoryl group — the trivalent group ≡P≡O.
  • pick up stompies — to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • put your feet up — If you put your feet up, you relax or have a rest, especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground.
  • refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
  • run-time support — run-time system
  • self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • self-suppression — Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
  • single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • sql access group — (body)   The origanisaton which defined Call-Level Interface, on which ODBC is based. It is now part of X/Open.
  • start-up capital — capital used to set up a new business
  • start-up company — new business
  • sulfanilyl group — the para form of the group C 6 H 6 NO 2 S–, derived from sulfanilic acid.
  • super-injunction — an instruction or order issued by a court imposing restrictions on reporting, including any reference to the restriction itself
  • super-patriotism — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • superb blue wren — a small Australian bird, Malurus cyaneus, the adult male of which has bright blue plumage
  • superciliousness — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • superior general — the superior of an order or congregation.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
  • superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • supporting actor — performer: not lead
  • supranationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
  • turn up the heat — to increase the intensity of activity, coercion, etc
  • turn upside down — invert
  • unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
  • up to one's ears — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
  • up to one's eyes — extremely busy (with)
  • up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
  • up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
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