10-letter words containing s, l, a, u
- colourcast — a colour television broadcast
- colourfast — A fabric that is colourfast has a colour that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- confusable — Able or liable to be confused with something else.
- confusably — In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
- consensual — A consensual approach, view, or decision is one that is based on general agreement among all the members of a group.
- consentual — involving or carried out by mutual consent: a consentual divorce.
- consulates — Plural form of consulate.
- consultant — A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- 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
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- cuadrillas — Plural form of cuadrilla.
- cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cultivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cultivate.
- curselarie — (in the works of Shakespeare) cursory
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- customable — subject to customs
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- delusional — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delustrant — an agent which removes lustre from something
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate.
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diplacusis — a difference in hearing by the two ears so that one sound is heard as two.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- diseaseful — troublesome
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
- 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.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- dual space — the set of all linear functionals whose domain is a given vector space.
- dual-stack — (networking) A term used to describe a network node running both IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks (or possibly others) at the same time. Such a machine can act as a protocol converter between the two networks. A node without dual-stack support can relay traffic in a protocol it does not support natively by use of tunnelling.