12-letter words containing p, a, s, o, u
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- mossycup oak — bur oak
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland