10-letter words containing o, s, m, u
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bottoms up — Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- bull moose — a member of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- bush broom — an evergreen St.-John's-wort, Hypericum prolificum, common from New York to Iowa and southward, having yellow flowers in terminal clusters.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- coenosteum — the calcareous skeleton of a hydrocoral or a coral colony
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- colosseums — Plural form of colosseum.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- columnists — Plural form of columnist.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- comburgess — (formerly) a fellow citizen or freeman of a borough
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- combustors — Plural form of combustor.
- commeasure — to coincide with in degree, extent, quality, etc
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- commodious — A commodious room or house is large and has a lot of space.
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- communings — negotiations conducted prior to drawing up a contract
- communions — Plural form of communion.
- communists — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.