10-letter words containing b, e, m, u
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- embrasures — Plural form of embrasure.
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- encumbered — Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- enumerable — Able to be counted by one-to-one correspondence with the set of all positive integers.
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- gum nebula — a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- home-built — built at home
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- hot number — sth popular
- humberside — a county in NE England. 1356 sq. mi. (3525 sq. km).
- humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- image tube — an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen.
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- in numbers — in large numbers; numerously
- incumbency — the quality or state of being incumbent.
- incumbents — Plural form of incumbent.
- incumbered — encumber.
- jebel musa — a mountain in NW Morocco, opposite Gibraltar: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 2775 feet (846 meters).
- kumbh mela — a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious
- kummerbund — a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lumberjack — a person who works at lumbering; logger.
- lumbermill — a mill for dressing logs and lumber.
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- lumberyard — a yard where lumber is stored for sale.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- maccabaeus — Judas or Judah [joo-duh] /ˈdʒu də/ (Show IPA), ("the Hammer") died c. 160 b.c, Judean patriot, one of the Maccabees: military leader 166–160 (son of Mattathias).
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- manducable — chewable or edible
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- masherbrum — a mountain in N India, in the Himalayas. 25,660 feet (7821 meters).
- masturbate — to engage in masturbation.
- measurable — capable of being measured.
- measurably — capable of being measured.