12-letter words containing u, y, s
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- paying guest — lodger
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polyglottous — characterized by being multilingual
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypetalous — having a corolla of separate petals.
- polyphyllous — made up of multiple members or parts
- polysepalous — having a calyx of separate or unconnected sepals.
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- power supply — power supply unit
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.