10-letter words containing a, r, o, u, s, e
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- palaverous — a conference or discussion.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pea souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pea-souper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- 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.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- quarrelous — (now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- quasiorder — (set theory) A preorder.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- racecourse — racetrack.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- re-arousal — arousal for a second or further time
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- root cause — origin
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- search out — hunt for, seek
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- sexlocular — having six loculi or cells for seeds
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.