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13-letter words containing s, o, u, p, y

  • microphyllous — having microphylls
  • mount olympus — mountain in Greece
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • noncompulsory — Not compulsory.
  • norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • nurseryperson — A nurseryman or nurserywoman.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
  • passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
  • pay as you go — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
  • pay-as-you-go — the principle or practice of paying for goods and services at the time of purchase, rather than relying on credit.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
  • physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
  • polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
  • psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
  • pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
  • punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • pyrocellulose — cordite.
  • repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
  • rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • superfluously — being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
  • superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
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