10-letter words containing r, u, s, m
- dissimuler — (obsolete) A dissembler.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dust storm — a storm of strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area during a period of drought over normally arable land (distinguished from sandstorm).
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- el mansûra — a city in NE Egypt: scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- elasmosaur — a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
- embrasures — Plural form of embrasure.
- emplastrum — a medicated plaster
- emulatress — a female imitator or emulator
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- enormously — To a very great degree or extent; considerably.
- enumerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enumerate.
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- erymanthus — Mountmountain in the NW Peloponnesus, Greece: 7,297 ft (2,224 m): in Greek mythology, haunt of a savage boar captured by Hercules
- euhemerism — the theory that gods arose out of the deification of historical heroes
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- farmhouses — Plural form of farmhouse.
- firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- form genus — an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- formulised — formulate.
- fortuitism — the doctrine that evolutionary adaptations are the result of chance
- fourierism — the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.
- frogmouths — Plural form of frogmouth.
- frumentius — Saint, a.d. c300–c380, founder of the Ethiopian Church.
- frumpiness — The characteristic of being frumpy.
- full marks — If you get full marks in a test or exam, you get everything right and gain the maximum number of marks.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- furosemide — A synthetic compound with a strong diuretic action, used especially in the treatment of edema.
- gaussmeter — a magnetometer for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, calibrated in gauss.
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- glamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glomerules — Plural form of glomerule.
- glomerulus — a compact cluster of capillaries.
- gluemakers — Plural form of gluemaker.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.