10-letter words containing c, u, s, p
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- grease cup — oilcup.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- muciparous — muciferous.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pc pursuit — A TELENET service which enabled people to dial up BBSes in other cities for less than normal long-distance rates. PC Pursuit died because TELENET were too mean to upgrade beyond 2400 bits per second.
- pc support — (job) (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- 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.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.