10-letter words containing r, e, p, u, s
- 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
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grease cup — oilcup.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- grumpiness — The state, or act, of being grumpy.
- guest rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- guest-rope — a rope suspended from the side of a vessel or a boom as an object to which other vessels can moor, or to afford a hold for persons in such vessels.
- gunpersons — Plural form of gunperson.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- impostures — Plural form of imposture.
- impressure — impression.
- impureness — The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
- impurities — the quality or state of being impure.
- interrupts — interrupt
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- jumpmaster — a person who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- new-sprung — newly or suddenly come into existence.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- 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
- on purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.