10-letter words containing u, y, s
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- presurgery — the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- propulsory — the act or process of propelling.
- pseudo-tty — (operating system) Berkeley Unix networking device which appears to an application program as an ordinary terminal but which is in fact connected via the network to a process running on a different host or a windowing system. Pseudo-ttys have a slave half and a control half. The slave tty (/dev/ttyp*) is the device that user programs use and the control tty (/dev/ptyp*) is used by daemons to talk to the net.
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- psyched up — psychologically prepared
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- pursuingly — in a pursuing manner
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pussy-toes — any of various woolly composite plants of the genus Antennaria, having small white or grayish flower heads.
- pussy-whip — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- pyrophorus — a substance which ignites when exposed to air
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quaestuary — a quaestor
- qualmishly — In a qualmish manner.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- residually — in a residual manner.
- resolutely — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- rigorously — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- roysterous — boisterous
- ruby glass — glass having a red color resulting from the addition of gold, copper, or selenium to the batch.
- ruby laser — a solid-state, pulsed laser that uses a ruby crystal to produce a very strong beam of red coherent light, used in making holographs and in cosmetic instruments.
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- ruthlessly — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- sally lunn — a slightly sweetened teacake served hot with butter.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.
- sanguinely — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sanguinity — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- satya yuga — the first and best of the four Yugas.
- satyresque — possessing the qualities of a satyr
- schuylkill — a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.