10-letter words containing u, n, s, c, r
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- non-secure — of or relating to a channel of communication, esp on the internet, that is not restricted to authorized users and is not therefore guaranteed to be private and confidential
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuciferous — (of a tree or bush) bearing nuts.
- nucivorous — (of animals) feeding on nuts
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- outscoring — Present participle of outscore.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- purchasing — buying
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- ranunculus — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus, having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- run across — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rusticness — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- santa cruz — a city on the coast of California.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- screen out — eliminate
- scroungers — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.