10-letter words containing a, c, u, r, s
- majuscular — (of letters) uppercase, capitalized.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- maurolycus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 70 miles (110 km) in diameter.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- mordacious — biting or given to biting.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- muscle car — a flashy sports car with a large, powerful engine; a hot rod.
- muscularly — In a muscular manner.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- 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.
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- 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.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- 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.