10-letter words containing e, n, s, p, u
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- runners-up — the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- septennium — a period or cycle of seven years
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- setting-up — the establishment or creation of something
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- snapper up — a person who snaps up bargains, etc
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- space junk — objects such as artificial satellites, material discarded from space stations, etc that remain in space after use
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spent fuel — nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spinnerule — part of the spinneret of a spider
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- spur veins — the veins of a horse that can be damaged by a rider's spurs
- sputtering — the act or sound of sputtering.
- staple gun — a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stupefying — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendous — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- stupidness — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sun spider — any predatory, scorpionlike arachnid of the order Solifugae (or Solpugida), having enormously developed mouth pincers and a long body covered with tactile hairs, inhabiting deserts and plains regions in all warm parts of the world except Australia.
- super band — the band of frequencies between 216 and 600 megahertz, used for cable television channels and Citizens Band.