10-letter words containing s, o, u, p
- downspouts — Plural form of downspout.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duopsonies — Plural form of duopsony.
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- eave spout — waterspout (def 1).
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- equipoised — Simple past tense and past participle of equipoise.
- equipoises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equipoise.
- euphonious — (of sound, esp. speech) Pleasing to the ear.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- euphrosyne — one of the three Graces
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exophagous — (of an insect larva) living on the outside of, and feeding upon, the host
- expulsions — Plural form of expulsion.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- flophouses — Plural form of flophouse.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- goloptious — voluptuous
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- 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.
- guideposts — Plural form of guidepost.
- gunpersons — Plural form of gunperson.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- housephone — a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that does not have a direct line to an exchange and whose calls are routed through the building's switchboard.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.