10-letter words containing b, e, u
- kummerbund — a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
- kundt tube — a gas-filled tube used to measure the speed of sound: when a membrane at one end is vibrated at a frequency that produces standing waves, a layer of powder forms lumps at the nodes.
- la bruyere — Jean de [zhahn duh] /ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1645–96, French moralist and author.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- landlubber — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- lauter tub — a tank for draining off and filtering the wort from grain mash.
- le bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- leisurable — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- lévy-bruhl — Lucien (lysjɛ̃). 1857–1939, French anthropologist and philosopher, noted for his study of the psychology of primitive peoples
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- low-budget — made or done on a small or reduced budget; costing relatively little money: a low-budget film.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- 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.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- 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.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- melon-bulb — a large, bulbous turning, sometimes with surface carving, found especially on the legs and posts of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mensurable — measurable.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- microbuses — Plural form of microbus.
- microtubes — Plural form of microtube.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- minibudget — a group of economic measures proposed between full annual budgets
- misdoubted — Simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt.
- mocambique — Mozambique.
- molybdenum — a silver-white metallic element, used as an alloy with iron in making hard, high-speed cutting tools. Symbol: Mo; atomic weight: 95.94; atomic number: 42; specific gravity: 10.2.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.