10-letter words containing a, b, i, u
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- bush basil — See under basil.
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carburized — Simple past tense and past participle of carburize.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- circulable — able to be circulated
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- cuba libre — a drink of rum, cola, lime juice, and ice
- cucurbital — of or relating to the genus Cucurbitaceae
- cultivable — (of land) capable of being cultivated
- curability — capable of being cured.
- cutability — the portion of saleable lean meat on a carcass
- daisy bush — any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia, of Australia and New Zealand, with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- dubitation — doubt.
- dubitative — doubting; doubtful.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- duplicable — capable of being duplicated.
- durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- ebbinghaus — Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- enunciable — (of words, linguistic expressions, etc.) Capable of being distinctly enunciated or pronounced in speech.
- equability — A condition of being equable; uniformity.
- equilibria — Plural form of equilibrium.
- eubacteria — (biology) Plural form of eubacterium.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- europhobia — dislike for or hostility to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- eurybathic — (of an aquatic organism) able to live at different depths
- extubating — Present participle of extubate.
- extubation — (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
- exurbanite — A person who lives in an exurb.
- fabulation — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fabulistic — Being or resembling a fable.
- fabulosity — (uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
- febrifugal — of or acting as a febrifuge.