10-letter words containing i, o, d, u, s
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- libidinous — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- longitudes — Plural form of longitude.
- louis d'or — a former gold coin of France, issued from 1640 to 1795; pistole.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- medusiform — resembling a medusa or jellyfish
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mid-course — the middle of a course.
- mind mouse — (hardware) A pointing device (unlike a mouse in design, but serving the same purpose) which works via sensors in contact with the user's skin. The sensors are built into a plastic base which fits on one finger and which is similar in shape to a finger cast. The principle of operation is presumably myoelectric, not psionic, contrary to what the name implies. As of the time of writing (1996), mind mice are not accurate enough to be anything but novelties.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- misdoubted — Simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt.
- misfocused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- molluscoid — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Molluscoidea, in certain classifications comprising the bryozoans and brachiopods.
- monosodium — containing one atom of sodium.
- mood music — music comprised chiefly of popular songs in lush orchestral arrangements, intended to provide a relaxing, soothing atmosphere.
- mordacious — biting or given to biting.
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- muni bonds — Muni bonds are bonds issued by local municipal governments on which the interest is often tax-free.
- nautiloids — Plural form of nautiloid.
- nidicolous — remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.
- nidifugous — leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
- nondualism — The belief that dualism or dichotomy are illusory phenomena; that things such as mind and body may remain distinct while not actually being separate.
- nondualist — One who rejects dualism.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nonsulfide — (of minerals) not containing a sulfide.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- odalisques — Plural form of odalisque.
- odiousness — (uncountable) The condition of being odious.
- old fustic — a large tropical American moraceous tree, Chlorophora tinctoria
- osmiridium — iridosmine.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- outside in — another term for inside out
- outside of — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
- pseudosuit — /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A suit wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also lobotomy.
- quasi-good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.