11-letter words containing u, y, s
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- papyraceous — papery.
- party music — music for or at a party
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pauselessly — in a pauseless manner; ceaselessly
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- persecutory — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- perspicuity — clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
- physiologus — an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals
- pilot study — trial done for research
- play possum — opossum.
- playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polyonymous — having or known by several or many names.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphonous — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- pseudoscopy — the use of a pseudoscope.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- pulsatility — pulsating; throbbing.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quasi-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- queensberry — John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of, 1844–1900, Scottish nobleman and sponsor of modern boxing rules.
- querulously — full of complaints; complaining.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quick study — someone who is able to learn a new job or adjust to a new social environment in a short time.
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.