10-letter words containing u, s, p
- new-sprung — newly or suddenly come into existence.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- nisi prius — Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
- nonplusing — Present participle of nonplus.
- nonplussed — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- nonsupport — failure to support a spouse, child, or other dependent as required by law.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nulliparas — Plural form of nullipara.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- off-campus — located or available outside a campus.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- on impulse — instinctively
- on purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- onion soup — a soup or broth made from onions and stock
- opaqueness — The characteristic of being opaque.
- open house — a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- outpassion — to surpass in passion
- outpromise — to promise more than
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- outstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstep.
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- palmaceous — belonging to the plant family Palmae.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- pantsuited — wearing a pantsuit
- 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
- pari passu — with equal pace or progress; side by side.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- parvovirus — Veterinary Pathology. a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of dogs, characterized by vomiting, severe diarrhea, and depression and accompanied by high fever and loss of appetite.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- pasquilant — the writer of a pasquinade
- pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
- 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.