10-letter words containing a, e, r, i, u
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- charcutier — a pork butcher.
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- circulable — able to be circulated
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- cruise car — an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.
- cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
- cuba libre — a drink of rum, cola, lime juice, and ice
- cuirassier — a mounted soldier, esp of the 16th century, who wore a cuirass
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- curselarie — (in the works of Shakespeare) cursory
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disnatured — deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.