10-letter words containing c, a, u, s
- factiously — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factitious — not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
- factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- fasciculus — a fascicle, as of nerve or muscle fibers.
- fast-count — to short-change.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- foliaceous — of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- full-scale — having the exact size or proportions of the original: a full-scale replica.
- funiculars — Plural form of funicular.
- gaucheness — The quality of being gauche.
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- gay-lussac — Joseph Louis [joh-zuh f loo-ee,, -suh f;; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i,, -səf;; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.
- gemmaceous — of, relating to, or resembling gemmae.
- gesticular — pertaining to or characterized by gesticulation.
- glucosuria — glycosuria.
- glumaceous — glumelike; chaffy.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- graticules — Plural form of graticule.
- grease cup — oilcup.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.