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10-letter words containing s, u, a, n

  • 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.
  • bull snake — any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings
  • bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
  • bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
  • bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
  • bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
  • butane gas — a colourless flammable gaseous alkane that exists in two isomeric forms, both of which occur in natural gas. The stable isomer, n-butane, is used mainly in the manufacture of rubber and fuels (such as Calor Gas). Formula: C4H10
  • cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
  • calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
  • calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
  • caliginous — dark; dim
  • calumnious — of or using calumny
  • cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
  • candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
  • candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
  • candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
  • 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.
  • capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
  • 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.
  • carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
  • cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
  • cashew nut — edible nut
  • cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
  • castle nut — a hexagonal nut with six slots in the head, two of which take a locking pin to hold it firmly in position
  • casualness — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
  • casuarinas — Plural form of casuarina.
  • catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
  • caucussing — the act of holding a private, often secret meeting of members of a political party prior to an election or general party meeting
  • caulescent — having a stem clearly visible above the ground
  • causations — Plural form of causation.
  • cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
  • censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
  • centauress — A female centaur; a she-centaur.
  • centauries — Plural form of centaury.
  • chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
  • 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
  • clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
  • coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
  • coetaneous — of the same age or period
  • communards — Plural form of communard.
  • communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
  • confusable — Able or liable to be confused with something else.
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