10-letter words containing b, e, u
- sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
- slate blue — a moderate to dark grayish blue.
- slate-blue — of a dark greyish-blue colour
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumberful — characterized by sleep or slumber
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- snubbiness — the state or characteristic of being snubby
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- soubresaut — a jump performed with the legs held together and the body erect but slightly curved to the side.
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- sourcebook — a book which contains sources of information on a particular subject
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- speed bump — a rounded ridge built crosswise into the pavement of a road or driveway to force vehicles to slow down.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spittlebug — the nymph of the froghopper, which surrounds itself with a frothy mass.
- spuleblade — the shoulder blade
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- squabasher — a person who squabashes someone or something
- squashable — easily squashed; soft
- squeezable — easily squeezed, compressed, or the like.
- squeezebox — a concertina or accordion.
- st. brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- stale bull — a dealer or speculator who holds unsold commodities after a rise in market prices but who cannot trade because there are no buyers at the new levels and because his financial commitments prevent him from making further purchases
- statutable — (of an offense) recognized by statute; legally punishable.
- steel blue — dark bluish gray.
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- stumblebum — a clumsy, second-rate prizefighter.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sub judice — before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination.
- sub-clause — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- sub-leader — a person or thing that leads.
- sub-member — a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
- sub-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- sub-sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- subacetate — a basic salt of acetic acid.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- subaqueous — existing or situated under water; underwater.
- subarcuate — fairly arched
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subaverage — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- subcabinet — a group of advisers ranking below the cabinet level, chosen by a chief executive usually from members of the various executive departments.