10-letter words containing a, b, u, n, s
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- confusable — Able or liable to be confused with something else.
- confusably — In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- debutantes — Plural form of debutante.
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- 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
- ex-husband — man: former spouse
- flash burn — a burn produced by brief exposure to intense, radiant heat, as from an explosion.
- gangbuster — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gas burner — the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbandman — a farmer.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- incurables — Plural form of incurable.
- insuitable — Obsolete form of unsuitable.
- insultable — capable of being insulted
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- marabuntas — Plural form of marabunta.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mensurable — measurable.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- nose about — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- oberhausen — a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- sabinianus — died a.d. 606, pope 604–606.
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- soundboard — sounding board.
- squabbling — act of quarrelling
- stab wound — knife injury
- sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.