10-letter words containing a, o, r, i, s
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- bravissimo — very well done! excellent!
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carbanions — Plural form of carbanion.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- carbonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonize.
- carcinoids — Plural form of carcinoid.
- carcinomas — Plural form of carcinoma.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- carnations — Plural form of carnation.
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- cash ratio — the ratio of cash on hand to total deposits that by law or custom commercial banks must maintain
- castigator — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castor oil — Castor oil is a thick yellow oil that is obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a very unpleasant taste and in former times was used as a medicine.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorist — a person who categorizes or inserts items in a list
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- charbroils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charbroil.
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.