10-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s, m
- maupertuis — Pierre Louis Moreau de [pyer lwee maw-roh duh] /pyɛr lwi mɔˈroʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metatarsus — the part of a foot or hind limb, especially its bony structure, included between the tarsus and the toes or phalanges.
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- misfeature — a distorted feature.
- modulators — Plural form of modulator.
- mortuaries — Plural form of mortuary.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- 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.
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- mud stream — mudflow.
- 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.
- nasturtium — any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, cultivated for its showy, usually orange, red, or yellow flowers or for its fruit, which is pickled and used like capers.
- naturalism — Literature. a manner or technique of treating subject matter that presents, through volume of detail, a deterministic view of human life and actions. a deterministic theory of writing in which it is held that a writer should adopt an objective view toward the material written about, be free of preconceived ideas as to form and content, and represent with clinical accuracy and frankness the details of life. Compare realism (def 4b). a representation of natural appearances or natural patterns of speech, manner, etc., in a work of fiction. the depiction of the physical environment, especially landscape or the rural environment.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- 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
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- psalterium — the omasum.
- puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
- quizmaster — a person who asks questions of contestants in a game, especially as part of a radio or television program.
- 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.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- somersault — an acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spermatium — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- stimulator — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- stump farm — a farm that was started on previously forested land covered with the stumps of felled trees.