10-letter words containing p, u, s, h
- mediumship — The state of being a medium (psychic conduit).
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- musophobia — Fear of mice.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- open house — a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- pen pusher — pencil pusher.
- pen-pusher — pencil pusher.
- pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
- pest house — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phosphorus — Chemistry. a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is a necessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. Symbol: P; atomic weight: 30.974; atomic number: 15; specific gravity: (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25–2.69 at 20°C.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- phototonus — the normal condition of sensitiveness to light in organisms or their organs.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- plushiness — the condition of being plush
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- possum haw — a shrub, Ilex decidua, of the southeastern U.S., having leaves that are hairy on the upper surface and glossy, red fruit.
- post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
- post-truth — of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- psyched up — psychologically prepared
- publishers — a publishing company
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed