10-letter words containing u, n, r, e, a
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cattle run — a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- centauress — A female centaur; a she-centaur.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
- clarenceux — the second King-of-Arms in England
- cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- day return — A day return is a train or bus ticket which allows you to go somewhere and come back on the same day for a lower price than an ordinary return ticket.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- delustrant — an agent which removes lustre from something
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- denaturant — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- disnatured — deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural
- drag queen — Slang. a male transvestite, especially a performer who dresses as a woman to entertain the public.
- drury lane — a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.