10-letter words containing a, r, o, u, s
- colourfast — A fabric that is colourfast has a colour that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
- corrugates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate.
- corruscate — Dated form of coruscate.
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
- courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
- court case — a legal action
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cretaceous — consisting of or resembling chalk
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- cut across — If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- elasmosaur — a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- entourages — Plural form of entourage.