10-letter words containing u, n, s, e
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plushiness — the condition of being plush
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- porousness — full of pores.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- 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.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- 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.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- pubescence — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- 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).
- quaintness — (obsolete) Cunning; craftiness.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quantasome — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantities — Plural form of quantity.
- queasiness — The state of being queasy; nausea.
- 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.
- queen-size — (of a bed) larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size, usually 60 inches (152 cm) wide and 80 inches (203 cm) long.
- queensland — a state in NE Australia. 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Capital: Brisbane.
- queenstown — former name of Cóbh.
- queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- questioned — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- questionee — a person who is questioned
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.