10-letter words containing a, c, r, o, s, u
- mordacious — biting or given to biting.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- obfuscator — Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- oleraceous — having the qualities or nature of a pot-herb for cookery
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pelycosaur — any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- postocular — located behind the eye
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- procacious — insolent
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- 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.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- racecourse — racetrack.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- root cause — origin
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- run across — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- search out — hunt for, seek
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped