10-letter words containing c, u, r, s, e
- curb reins — reins attached to a curb bit
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curettages — Plural form of curettage.
- curiousest — (non-standard) Superlative form of curious.
- currencies — Plural form of currency.
- curse word — a profane or obscene word, especially as used in anger or for emphasis.
- cursedness — The state or quality of being cursed.
- curselarie — (in the works of Shakespeare) cursory
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- customizer — a person who customizes
- cut square — a stamp cut from the envelope on which it has been printed so as to leave a square margin.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- destructed — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursed — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourser — One who discourses; a narrator or speaker.
- discourses — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- enclosures — Plural form of enclosure.
- encounters — Plural form of encounter.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- encrusting — Present participle of encrust.
- endurances — Plural form of endurance.
- epicureans — Plural form of epicurean.
- erechtheus — a king of Athens who sacrificed one of his daughters because the oracle at Delphi said this was the only way to win the war against the Eleusinians
- ericaceous — (especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
- erinaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.