10-letter words containing s, u, p, o, e
- 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.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- impostumed — having an abscess
- impostures — Plural form of imposture.
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- juxtaposed — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtaposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose.
- keep house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- long purse — wealth; riches
- menopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.