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10-letter words containing a, s, o, u

  • outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
  • outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
  • outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
  • outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
  • outstation — a post, station, or settlement in a remote or outlying area.
  • outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
  • over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
  • overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
  • oxyuriasis — human infection with pinworms.
  • palaverous — a conference or discussion.
  • palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
  • parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
  • pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
  • paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
  • pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • peak hours — prime time, busiest period
  • pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
  • pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
  • plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
  • plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
  • plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
  • podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
  • polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
  • polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
  • pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
  • popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
  • porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
  • port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
  • port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
  • possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
  • postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
  • postocular — located behind the eye
  • postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
  • postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
  • postulatum — a postulate
  • praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
  • precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • predacious — predatory; rapacious.
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