10-letter words containing p, u, r, s
- creepmouse — an informal tickling game played with small children
- crepuscule — twilight; dusk
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cupbearers — Plural form of cupbearer.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- disreputed — Simple past tense and past participle of disrepute.
- disruptant — That which disrupts.
- disrupters — Plural form of disrupter.
- disrupting — Present participle of disrupt.
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- disruptors — Plural form of disruptor.
- disrupture — interruption; disruption.
- drainspout — downspout.
- dressed up — in evening wear
- drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- 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.
- emplastrum — a medicated plaster
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- enraptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enrapture.
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epicureans — Plural form of epicurean.
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- euphrosyne — one of the three Graces
- expressure — the act of expressing
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- freshen up — have a quick wash
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grease cup — oilcup.