10-letter words containing u, n, p, r, s
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- 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.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- porousness — full of pores.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- 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.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- purchasing — buying
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- pursuingly — in a pursuing manner
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- runners-up — the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- scrunch up — If you scrunch something up, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.
- 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)
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- simon pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- simon-pure — real; genuine: a simon-pure accent.
- smarten up — improve appearance