12-letter words containing p, a, s, o, u
- tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- unauspicious — inauspicious; unfavourable; unlucky
- uncompassion — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpersonable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unsaponified — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- unsupposable — not able to be supposed
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- up for grabs — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- uproariously — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.