10-letter words containing a, c, u
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- breadcrumb — Breadcrumbs are tiny pieces of dry bread. They are used in cooking.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- bubble car — (in Britain, formerly) a small car, often having three wheels, with a transparent bubble-shaped top
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buck naked — Someone who is buck naked is not wearing any clothes at all.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- buffy coat — a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- bumper car — A bumper car is a small electric car with a wide rubber bumper all round. People drive bumper cars around a special enclosure at a fairground.
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
- burckhardt — Jacob Christoph. 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)
- bureaucrat — Bureaucrats are officials who work in a large administrative system. You can refer to officials as bureaucrats especially if you disapprove of them because they seem to follow rules and procedures too strictly.
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- cabanatuan — city in SC Luzon, in the Philippines: pop. 173,000
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- calculated — If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- callathump — a shivaree.
- 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
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- calyculate — having a calycule
- camarasaur — a plant-eating sauropod dinosaur of the genus Camarasaurus and closely related genera, having a small head, long neck, and short forelimbs, and reaching a length of 40 feet (12.2 meters); until 1981 the type specimen of Brontosaurus excelcus was wrongly reconstructed with a Camarasaurus skull.
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.