10-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiplier — a person or thing that multiplies.
- multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
- mumpreneur — (informal) A mother who works as a business entrepreneur in addition to her family commitments.
- murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neurospora — a genus of fast-growing orange-red fungus characterized by markings on the spores resembling axons, used widely in genetic and biochemical research
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- new-sprung — newly or suddenly come into existence.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- no-trumper — a hand suitable for calling and playing no trumps
- nulliparae — 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
- oleuropein — (organic compound) A complex glycoside, found in the leaves of olive and privet, that may have a beneficial effect on the immune system.
- on purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- open group — The Open Group
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- operculate — having an operculum.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- outproduce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- 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.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- pandurated — fiddle-shaped
- pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- 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.
- paradoxure — any of a number of palm civet species
- parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- 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
- parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- 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.