10-letter words containing s, a, p, o, u, r
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pupiparous — (of an insect) bearing fully developed larvae that are ready to pupate.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- uproarious — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- upwards of — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- viviparous — Zoology. bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
- waterspout — Also called rainspout. a pipe running down the side of a house or other building to carry away water from the gutter of the roof.
- xiphosuran — any chelicerate arthropod of the subclass Xiphosura, including the horseshoe crabs and many extinct forms