10-letter words containing u, p, s, t, a
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- 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.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- postulatum — a postulate
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pseudosalt — a compound whose formula is that of a salt, but that does not ionize in solution
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- puff paste — a rich dough for making puff pastry.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- pursuivant — a heraldic officer of the lowest class, ranking below a herald.
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- push-start — to start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it while it is in gear, thus turning the engine
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put to sea — the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- saint paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).