10-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s
- 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.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- 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.
- naturalist — a person who studies or is an expert in natural history, especially a zoologist or botanist.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- nectareous — nectarous.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- nutrasweet — a brand of artificial sweetener
- obfuscator — Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
- obituaries — Plural form of obituary.
- obituarist — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- objurgates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of objurgate.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- obturators — Plural form of obturator.
- octamerous — consisting of or divided into eight parts.
- orangutans — Plural form of orangutan.
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outmeasure — to measure out
- outrageous — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- outtravels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outtravel.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- pasteurise — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- 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
- pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pasturable — capable of providing pasture, as land.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- popularist — designed for the general public; non-specialist; non-intellectual
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- port-salut — a yellow, whole-milk cheese, especially that made at the monastery of Port du Salut near the town of Laval, France.
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postpartum — of or noting the period of time following childbirth; after delivery.
- postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.