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10-letter words containing b, l, u

  • automobile — An automobile is a car.
  • avouchable — able to be avouched
  • babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
  • baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
  • bacilluria — the presence of bacilli in the urine
  • baculiform — shaped like a rod
  • baha'ullah — title of Mirza Hosein Ali. 1817–92, Persian religious leader: originally a Shiite Muslim, later a disciple of the Bab; founder of the Baha'í Faith
  • bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
  • balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
  • balbutient — stuttering, stammering
  • bale cubic — the space available in a ship's hold for the stowage of general cargo, measured in cubic feet.
  • balibuntal — closely woven fine straw, used for making hats in the Philippines
  • ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
  • balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
  • banja luka — a city in NW Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River: scene of battles between the Austrians and Turks in 1527, 1688, and 1737; besieged by Serb forces (1992–95). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
  • bank vault — a strongroom in a bank for the storage of valuable items
  • bar-le-duc — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
  • barrelfuls — Plural form of barrelful.
  • bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
  • basutoland — Lesotho
  • battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
  • battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
  • baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
  • bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
  • be in luck — You can say someone is in luck when they are in a situation where they can have what they want or need.
  • beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
  • beau ideal — perfect beauty or excellence
  • beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
  • beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
  • beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
  • beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
  • beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
  • beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
  • becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
  • beetlebung — sour gum.
  • befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
  • belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
  • bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
  • bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
  • bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
  • belly-bust — belly-flop.
  • belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
  • beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • bequeathal — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
  • berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
  • bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
  • beryl blue — a light greenish blue.
  • betelgeuse — a very remote luminous red supergiant, Alpha Orionis: the second brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star
  • betula oil — methyl salicylate.
  • bi-lingual — able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
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