10-letter words containing s, c, r, u
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- camarasaur — a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- caractacus — flourished a.d. c50, British chieftain who opposed the Romans.
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carpsucker — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Carpiodes, as the quillback and the river carpsucker.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
- casualwear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- centauress — A female centaur; a she-centaur.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chartreuse — either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
- chauffeurs — Plural form of chauffeur.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chubsucker — any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the central and eastern U.S.