11-letter words containing p, a, s, o, u
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crapulously — In a crapulous manner.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic-green or -blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- disputation — the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- epignathous — having a protruding upper jaw
- epipetalous — (of stamens) attached to the petals
- episepalous — growing upon a sepal
- europeanism — belief in or advocacy of political unification and economic integration among European nations
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- expostulate — Express strong disapproval or disagreement.
- fissiparous — reproducing by fission.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.