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10-letter words containing p, u, r, s

  • new-sprung — newly or suddenly come into existence.
  • newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
  • nisi prius — Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
  • nonsupport — failure to support a spouse, child, or other dependent as required by law.
  • nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
  • nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
  • octopusher — a person who plays octopush
  • omniparous — producing or generating all things
  • on purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
  • opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
  • opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
  • outpromise — to promise more than
  • outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
  • outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
  • oversupply — an excessive supply.
  • paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
  • palaverous — a conference or discussion.
  • palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
  • panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
  • paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
  • parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
  • pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
  • parasexual — of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
  • pari passu — with equal pace or progress; side by side.
  • paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
  • paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
  • part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
  • parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
  • pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
  • pc pursuit — A TELENET service which enabled people to dial up BBSes in other cities for less than normal long-distance rates. PC Pursuit died because TELENET were too mean to upgrade beyond 2400 bits per second.
  • pc support — (job)   (Or "PC analyst", end user support) A person who works with microcomputer applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, database management systems, electronic mail, and communications. He also evaluates, installs and supports PCs, Macintoshes, and associated peripherals.
  • pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • peak hours — prime time, busiest period
  • pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
  • pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
  • pen pusher — pencil pusher.
  • pen-pusher — pencil pusher.
  • peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
  • pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
  • percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
  • percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
  • percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
  • percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
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