10-letter words containing c, a, u, s, e, r
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- incurables — Plural form of incurable.
- insurancer — a person who in some way protects something important to another person when that thing is endangered
- insurances — Plural form of insurance.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- jacqueries — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- las cruces — a city in S New Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- luciferase — (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscle car — a flashy sports car with a large, powerful engine; a hot rod.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- oleraceous — having the qualities or nature of a pot-herb for cookery
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- paracelsus — Philippus Aureolus [fi-lip-uh s aw-ree-oh-luh s] /fɪˈlɪp əs ɔˈri oʊ ləs/ (Show IPA), (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) 1493?–1541, Swiss physician and alchemist.
- pararescue — a rescue, as of persons caught in a disaster, accomplished by parachutists.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- 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.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- 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.
- purse crab — coconut crab.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.