10-letter words containing o, u, t, e, r, s
- one-suiter — a piece of luggage designed to hold one suit and other smaller items, as underwear or socks.
- osmeterium — a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- otherguess — of another kind; different.
- out sister — a member of a community of nuns who performs tasks in the outside world on behalf of the community
- outbluster — to surpass in blustering
- outcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of outcross.
- outcrosses — Plural form of outcross.
- outfitters — Plural form of outfitter.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outrageous — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- outriggers — Plural form of outrigger.
- outsettler — a person who inhabits a remote settlement or area.
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outsourced — Simple past tense and past participle of outsource.
- outsourcer — One who outsources.
- outsources — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsource.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- outstretch — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- outwrestle — to beat or be more successful than in wrestling, or in a struggle
- overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- 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.
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
- petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- procrustes — a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
- 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.
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.