10-letter words containing p, a, s, o, u
- paul jones — an old-time dance in which partners are exchanged
- pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- 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.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- pomosexual — of or relating to a person who does not wish his or her sexuality to be put into a conventional category
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- 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
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- pupiparous — (of an insect) bearing fully developed larvae that are ready to pupate.
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- push along — to go away
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put to sea — the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.