10-letter words containing a, c, u, m
- per curiam — by the court
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- quitclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- round clam — quahog.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- scout camp — organized outdoor activity for boys
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scuff mark — Scuff marks are marks made on a smooth surface when something is rubbed against it.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- simulacral — simulacrum.
- simulacrum — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- so much as — in the way or manner indicated, described, or implied: Do it so.
- sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- stimulancy — an energizing, invigorating, or stimulating quality
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stomachous — resentful, sullen, obstinate
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- sugar camp — a grove of sugar maples.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- telemachus — the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.
- tentaculum — a tentacle
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- truck farm — a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- tummy ache — an ache or pain in the stomach
- ultramafic — ultrabasic.
- ultramicro — extremely small or minute
- umbilicate — having the form of an umbilicus or navel.
- umbraculum — any of a genus of limpets belonging to the family Umbraculidae
- unacademic — not academic or at an academic level
- unaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.