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10-letter words containing s, u, m, e, r, a

  • mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
  • muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
  • muckspread — to muckrake
  • mud stream — mudflow.
  • muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
  • muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
  • muscle car — a flashy sports car with a large, powerful engine; a hot rod.
  • musicianer — (slang) musician.
  • muslim era — the period since the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in a.d. 622; Hijra.
  • muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
  • mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
  • myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
  • neurinomas — Plural form of neurinoma.
  • neuroplasm — the cytoplasm of a nerve cell.
  • neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
  • nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
  • numerators — Plural form of numerator.
  • nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
  • nurseryman — a person who owns or conducts a plant nursery.
  • octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
  • outmeasure — to measure out
  • outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
  • pasteurism — a method of securing immunity from rabies in a person who has been bitten by a rabid animal, by daily injections of progressively more virulent suspensions of the infected spinal cord of a rabbit that died of rabies
  • plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
  • pre-assume — to take for granted or without proof: to assume that everyone wants peace. Synonyms: suppose, presuppose; postulate, posit.
  • premeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
  • presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
  • psalterium — the omasum.
  • quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
  • race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
  • ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
  • rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
  • rampasture — a large attic room.
  • reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
  • romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
  • rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
  • schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
  • seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
  • seaquarium — an area of salt water where sea animals are kept so people can look at them
  • secularism — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
  • semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
  • smarten up — improve appearance
  • snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
  • somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
  • sou marque — a billon coin of France, issued in the 18th century for circulation in the colonies.
  • sour cream — cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
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