10-letter words containing s, u, p, o, e
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudo-tty — (operating system) Berkeley Unix networking device which appears to an application program as an ordinary terminal but which is in fact connected via the network to a process running on a different host or a windowing system. Pseudo-ttys have a slave half and a control half. The slave tty (/dev/ttyp*) is the device that user programs use and the control tty (/dev/ptyp*) is used by daemons to talk to the net.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudoalum — any of a class of alums in which the usual monovalent metal of a true alum is replaced by a bivalent metal
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
- pseudocode — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- pseudocoel — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- pseudosuit — /soo'doh-s[y]oot"/ A suit wannabee; a hacker who has decided that he wants to be in management or administration and begins wearing ties, sport coats, and (shudder!) suits voluntarily. It's his funeral. See also lobotomy.
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pussy-toes — any of various woolly composite plants of the genus Antennaria, having small white or grayish flower heads.
- put to sea — the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- put to use — to use; find a use for
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- queen post — either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- repoussoir — a figure or object in the extreme foreground: used as a contrast and to increase the illusion of depth.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- semiopaque — partly or nearly opaque.
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soup plate — a deep, concave plate used especially for serving soup.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)