10-letter words containing p, i, o, u, s
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- disruptors — Plural form of disruptor.
- drainspout — downspout.
- duopsonies — Plural form of duopsony.
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- equipoised — Simple past tense and past participle of equipoise.
- equipoises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise.
- euphonious — (of sound, esp. speech) Pleasing to the ear.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- expulsions — Plural form of expulsion.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- goloptious — voluptuous
- guideposts — Plural form of guidepost.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- impostrous — (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
- impostumed — having an abscess
- impostures — Plural form of imposture.
- impromptus — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
- inpourings — Plural form of inpouring.
- irruptions — Plural form of irruption.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- isosporous — having spores of only one kind
- isotropous — (archaic) isotropic.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- kiss up to — be obsequious towards
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mons pubis — a rounded prominence of fatty tissue over the pubic symphysis, covered with hair after puberty.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue