10-letter words containing s, c, u
- causatives — Plural form of causative.
- cause list — a list of cases awaiting a hearing
- causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- cellulitis — inflammation of any of the tissues of the body, characterized by fever, pain, swelling, and redness of the affected area
- cellulosic — of or made from cellulose
- 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.
- cesium 137 — the radioactive cesium isotope with mass number 137 and a half-life of 33 years: used for gamma irradiation of certain foods and for radiation therapy.
- ch'eng tsu — Yung Lo.
- chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
- 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.
- chauffeuse — a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- check stub — A check stub is the part of a check that is kept by the payee with information such as the check number, date, and amount.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- chequeless — Without cheques (financial instruments).
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- chess club — a club in which participants can learn chess and improve their playing skills
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chihuahuas — Plural form of chihuahua.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- 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.
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chubsucker — any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the central and eastern U.S.
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.