10-letter words containing a, r, u, s, i
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- austerlitz — a town in the Czech Republic, in Moravia: site of Napoleon's victory over the Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Pop: 1795 (2007 est)
- australian — Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture.
- australite — a glassy object made of molten rock found in the earth of Southern Australia
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- autarchist — of or relating to autarchism
- auteurists — Plural form of auteurist.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorise.
- authorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize.
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- barbarious — (dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- 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.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- 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.
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- 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.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- 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
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist