10-letter words containing u, r, s, o
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- bourgeoise — a female bourgeois
- box supper — a social gathering, as at a church, at which box lunches donated by women are auctioned off to raise funds
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- broadbrush — lacking full detail or information; incomplete or rough
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- bush broom — an evergreen St.-John's-wort, Hypericum prolificum, common from New York to Iowa and southward, having yellow flowers in terminal clusters.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- ceruminous — earwax.
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chunderous — nauseating
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- cloudburst — A cloudburst is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
- coadjutors — Plural form of coadjutor.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- cockleburs — Plural form of cocklebur.
- cocksucker — a person regarded as despicable, disgusting, etc.
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- cofounders — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
- collarstud — a stud that is used to attach a removable collar to a shirt
- colostrous — containing colostrum
- colourcast — a colour television broadcast
- colourfast — A fabric that is colourfast has a colour that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.
- colourings — Plural form of colouring.