10-letter words containing a, m, u, s
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- camarasaur — a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- catawampus — askew; awry
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
- creampuffs — Plural form of creampuff.
- cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- customable — subject to customs
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- damasus ii — died 1048, pope 1048.
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- demagogues — Plural form of demagogue.
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- despumated — Simple past tense and past participle of despumate.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum