10-letter words containing a, b, u, s
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- dumb-asses — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dust-bathe — (of a bird) to squat in dusty soil and fluff dust through the plumage: probably performed to combat ectoparasites.
- 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
- elagabalus — (born Varius Avitus Bassianus) a.d. 205?-222; Rom. emperor (218-222)
- embrasures — Plural form of embrasure.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- ex-husband — man: former spouse
- exuberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exuberate.
- fabulistic — Being or resembling a fable.
- fabulosity — (uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
- fabulously — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- flash burn — a burn produced by brief exposure to intense, radiant heat, as from an explosion.
- flash tube — a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light
- flashbulbs — Plural form of flashbulb.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- frabjously — In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
- full blast — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- furbearers — Plural form of furbearer.
- 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.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- 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.
- habituates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of habituate.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- harquebuse — Alternative form of harquebus.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- 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
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- just about — more or less
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.