10-letter words containing a, b, u, t, l
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- black rust — a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- blanquette — a French stew made of meat, usually veal, and white sauce
- blue alert — (in military or civilian defense) an alert following the first, or yellow, alert, in which air attack seems probable.
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blue state — a state of the U.S. that usually votes Democratic.
- blue-plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
- bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
- bluejacket — a sailor in the Navy
- bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- 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)
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- bubble tea — a cold drink, originally from Taiwan, of tea infused with fruit flavouring, shaken to produce bubbles, and served over tapioca pearls in a clear cup. It is usually drunk through a very wide straw
- bull float — a machine for giving the final surfacing to an area of concrete, as on a road.
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- butt plate — a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- catacumbal — of or resembling catacombs
- celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
- club steak — a small steak that is cut from the short loin of beef and contains no part of the tenderloin
- club wheat — a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
- clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
- clutch bag — clutch1 (def 15).
- commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
- computable — computability theory
- confutable — (archaic, or, formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
- cucurbital — of or relating to the genus Cucurbitaceae
- cultivable — (of land) capable of being cultivated
- culturable — able to be cultivated or cultured
- curability — capable of being cured.
- customable — subject to customs
- cutability — the portion of saleable lean meat on a carcass
- deductable — Alternative spelling of deductibletrue; that which can be deducted.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- double act — Two comedians or entertainers who perform together are referred to as a double act. Their performance can also be called a double act.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession