10-letter words containing a, t, s
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- bust a gut — to make an intense effort
- bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
- butane gas — a colourless flammable gaseous alkane that exists in two isomeric forms, both of which occur in natural gas. The stable isomer, n-butane, is used mainly in the manufacture of rubber and fuels (such as Calor Gas). Formula: C4H10
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- butt shaft — a blunt-headed unbarbed arrow
- butt-strap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
- cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- cameltoe's — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- 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.
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campstools — Plural form of campstool.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- candidates — Plural form of candidate.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- canonistic — relating to or belonging to a canonist
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capacities — the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.