10-letter words containing a, r, i, e, l, s
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- braaivleis — a picnic at which meat is cooked over an open fire; a barbecue
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carl lewis — Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
- carnelians — Plural form of carnelian.
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- cavillers' — to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
- centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- charles ii — known as Charles the Bald. 823–877 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (875–877) and, as Charles I, king of France (843–877)
- charles iv — known as Charles the Fair. 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28): brother of Isabella of France, with whom he intrigued against her husband, Edward II of England
- charles ix — 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics
- charles vi — known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved. 1368–1422, king of France (1380–1422): defeated by Henry V of England at Agincourt (1415), he was forced by the Treaty of Troyes (1420) to recognize Henry as his successor
- charles xi — 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- circensial — relating to the Roman circuses
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- classifier — a person or thing that classifies.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- corallines — Plural form of coralline.
- cranesbill — any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having pink or purple flowers and long slender beaked fruits: family Geraniaceae
- crest rail — the carved or profiled top rail of a chair, settee, or sofa.
- crystalise — Alternative spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- curselarie — (in the works of Shakespeare) cursory
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- daredevils — Plural form of daredevil.
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- decaliters — Plural form of decaliter.