10-letter words containing e, p, i, s, u
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- mediumship — The state of being a medium (psychic conduit).
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multiplies — Plural form of multiply.
- multispeed — Capable of operating at multiple speeds.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- on impulse — instinctively
- outpromise — to promise more than
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
- pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
- pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pedipalpus — the second paired appendage in Arachnida
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perimysium — the connective tissue surrounding bundles of skeletal muscle fibers.
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- perjurious — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perquisite — an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club.
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pine mouse — any of a widespread genus of voles, Pitymys, having small ears and a short tail; especially the American forest-dwelling mouse P. pinetorum.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled