10-letter words containing s, u, c, e
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- be excused — to go to the lavatory
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bile ducts — a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- blue cross — a nonprofit health insurance organization offering hospitalization and medical benefits to subscribers, esp. to groups of employees and their families
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- blue-curls — any of a genus (Trichostema) of plants of the mint family, with downy, narrow leaves and blue flowers
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- caqueteuse — cacqueteuse.
- 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.
- carpsucker — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Carpiodes, as the quillback and the river carpsucker.
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- castle nut — a hexagonal nut with six slots in the head, two of which take a locking pin to hold it firmly in position