10-letter words containing s, u, c, e, p
- dual space — the set of all linear functionals whose domain is a given vector space.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epicureans — Plural form of epicurean.
- eucalyptus — A fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere . It is valued for its timber, oil, gum, and resin, and as an ornamental tree.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- euplastics — the art of healing well
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate.
- grease cup — oilcup.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- muckspread — to muckrake
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- 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
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- 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.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persecuted — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persecutee — a person who is subjected to persecution
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.