10-letter words containing s, i, r
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brightness — the condition of being bright
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- bring suit — to institute legal action; sue
- brise-bise — a short curtain, often of lace, hung on the lower section of a window.
- britishism — Briticism
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- broodiness — moody; gloomy.
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- 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.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- brusquerie — brusqueness; curtness
- burns unit — a section of a hospital in which those with serious burns are treated
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- bush shirt — bush jacket.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- capacitors — Plural form of capacitor.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capriccios — Plural form of capriccio.
- 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.
- carabiners — Plural form of carabiner.