10-letter words containing m, o, u, s
- on impulse — instinctively
- oogamously — by means of oogamy
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- osmiridium — iridosmine.
- out-scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- pompelmous — pomelo.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulatum — a postulate
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostomium — the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.