10-letter words containing u, p, h
- pussy-whip — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- pyrophorus — a substance which ignites when exposed to air
- rajpramukh — (in India) the title given to a governor or raja of a state between 1948 and 1956
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- rough copy — writing: early draft
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- 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.
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- 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)
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpsburg — a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.
- 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.
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- south pass — a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.
- 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)
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speed hump — bump in road that slows traffic
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurous — sulfurous (defs 1, 2).
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superheavy — Chemistry, Physics. pertaining to any of a series of elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.