10-letter words containing m, a, r, s, u
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- omniparous — producing or generating all things
- opium wars — a war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842 with the Chinese cession of Hong Kong to the British, the opening of five Chinese ports to foreign merchants, and the grant of other commercial and diplomatic privileges in the Treaty of Nanking.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
- premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- 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.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rampasture — a large attic room.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scuff mark — Scuff marks are marks made on a smooth surface when something is rubbed against it.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
- secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
- simulacral — simulacrum.
- simulacrum — a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.