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10-letter words containing u, s, t, a, r

  • gaussmeter — a magnetometer for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, calibrated in gauss.
  • gesticular — pertaining to or characterized by gesticulation.
  • gesturally — in a gestural manner
  • goat's-rue — Also called catgut. a hairy American plant, Tephrosia virginiana, of the legume family, having yellow and pink flowers.
  • goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
  • gradualist — (biology, politics) One who believes in gradualism.
  • grandaunts — Plural form of grandaunt.
  • graticules — Plural form of graticule.
  • gratitudes — Plural form of gratitude.
  • gratuities — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
  • gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • great guns — Informal. in a relentlessly energetic or successful manner: The new president has the company going great guns.
  • great ouse — Ouse (def 2).
  • great skua — Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, especially C. skua (great skua) of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
  • groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
  • grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
  • grubstaker — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
  • grubstakes — Plural form of grubstake.
  • guarantees — Plural form of guarantee.
  • guaranties — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guarantors — Plural form of guarantor.
  • guest star — TV: famous actor playing a role
  • guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
  • gullstrand — Allvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1862–1930, Swedish oculist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1911.
  • hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
  • hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
  • haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
  • hearthrugs — Plural form of hearthrug.
  • heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
  • housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
  • hula skirt — a skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband, worn typically by a Hawaiian hula dancer.
  • humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
  • huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
  • idolatrous — worshiping idols.
  • illustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
  • incubators — Plural form of incubator.
  • industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • infuriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infuriate.
  • insalutary — Not salutary or wholesome; bad for health.
  • insinuator — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
  • insularity — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
  • insulators — Plural form of insulator.
  • internauts — Plural form of internaut.
  • intrasquad — (sports) Within a team.
  • jack truss — any of a number of trapezoidal trusses for supporting those areas of a hip roof not beneath the peak or ridge, parallel to the truss or trusses that meet at the peak or ridge.
  • journalist — a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
  • judas tree — a purple-flowered Eurasian tree, Cercis siliquastrum, of the legume family, supposed to be the kind upon which Judas hanged himself.
  • jump-start — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
  • jumpmaster — a person who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists.
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