12-letter words containing s, o, u, p, y
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polyglottous — characterized by being multilingual
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypetalous — having a corolla of separate petals.
- polyphyllous — made up of multiple members or parts
- polysepalous — having a calyx of separate or unconnected sepals.
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- power supply — power supply unit
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- pussy willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- pussy-willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pygmy possum — any of various small Australasian marsupials, esp the burramys
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.