10-letter words containing a, c, i, u
- autarkical — of or relating to autarky
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- autodidact — a person who is self-taught
- autoecious — (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- automatics — Plural form of automatic.
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- avicularia — Plural form of avicularium.
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- barbituric — of or derived from barbituric acid
- bardacious — bodacious.
- beautician — A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander