10-letter words containing a, r, o, u, s
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- housewares — (North America) Domestic utensils, especially for the kitchen.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- infusorial — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of infusorians: infusorial earth.
- infusorian — any of the Infusoria.
- insinuator — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- insulators — Plural form of insulator.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- isoflurane — a volatile, halogenated ether, C 3 H 2 ClF 5 O, used as a general anesthetic in surgery.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- journalese — a manner of writing or speaking characterized by clichés, occasional neologism, archness, sensationalizing adjectives, unusual or faulty syntax, etc., used by some journalists, especially certain columnists, and regarded as typical journalistic style.
- journalise — Alternative spelling of journalize.
- journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
- journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lactosuria — the presence of lactose in the urine
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- major suit — hearts or spades, especially with reference to their higher point values.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.