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10-letter words containing s, u, r, e, p

  • oversupply — an excessive supply.
  • palaverous — a conference or discussion.
  • 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.
  • parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
  • pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
  • parasexual — of or relating to any form of reproduction in which the recombination of genes occurs by a process other than the fusion of gametes
  • paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
  • pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
  • peak hours — prime time, busiest period
  • pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
  • pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • 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.
  • pen pusher — pencil pusher.
  • pen-pusher — pencil pusher.
  • peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
  • pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
  • 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.
  • perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
  • perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
  • periculous — dangerous; perilous
  • perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
  • perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
  • perimysium — the connective tissue surrounding bundles of skeletal muscle fibers.
  • periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • perjurious — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
  • perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
  • pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • perquisite — an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club.
  • perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
  • 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.
  • persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
  • persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
  • persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
  • petersburg — a city in SE Virginia: besieged by Union forces 1864–65.
  • petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
  • petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
  • phosphuret — a phosphate
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