10-letter words containing p, a, s, o, u
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- exophagous — (of an insect larva) living on the outside of, and feeding upon, the host
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtaposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- musophobia — Fear of mice.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- opaqueness — The characteristic of being opaque.
- 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.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.