10-letter words containing s, i, n, u, a
- ascogonium — a female reproductive body in some ascomycetous fungi in which, after fertilization, the asci develop
- assaulting — Present participle of assault.
- assumingly — in a presuming manner
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- astounding — If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- athanasius — Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- austenitic — consisting mainly of austenite.
- australian — Australian means belonging or relating to Australia, or to its people or culture.
- austringer — a person who keeps goshawks
- autognosis — Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autonoesis — The neurocognitive ability to experience time as a series of subjective episodes.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autonomism — the belief in or a movement toward autonomy.
- autonomist — a person desiring or advocating autonomy
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- autotoxins — Plural form of autotoxin.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
- caucussing — the act of holding a private, often secret meeting of members of a political party prior to an election or general party meeting
- causations — Plural form of causation.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- 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.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crustation — the action of forming a crust