10-letter words containing b, l, u
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league
- big-league — Sports. of or belonging to a major league: a big-league pitcher.
- bile ducts — a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biofouling — the degradation of an artificial surface by biological growth
- biofuelled — running on biofuel
- bipetalous — having two petals
- biquintile — the aspect of planets when they are at an angle of 144° to one another
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- black duck — a sooty brown, wild duck (Anas rubripes) of E North America
- black flux — a reducing flux consisting of finely divided carbon and potassium carbonate.
- black lung — pneumoconiosis of coal miners, caused by coal dust; anthracosis.
- black ruff — a large, blackish, pelagic fish, Centrolophus niger, of the Atlantic Ocean, chiefly along the coast of Europe.
- black rust — a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves
- blackguard — an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- blacksburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- blanquette — a French stew made of meat, usually veal, and white sauce
- blanquillo — any of several game fishes of the genus Caulolatilus, related to the tilefishes.
- blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- blood feud — A blood feud is a long-lasting, bitter disagreement between two or more groups of people, particularly family groups. Blood feuds often involve members of each group murdering or fighting with members of the other.
- blood lust — If you say that someone is driven by a blood lust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
- bloodguilt — guilt of murder or shedding blood
- bloodhound — A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- bloomsburg — a city in E central Pennsylvania.
- bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
- blottesque — (of a painting) crudely executed, often characterized by blots and smears
- blowing up — a reprimand
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- blue agave — a Mexican plant, Agave tequilana variant weber, with blue leaves, used in tequila.
- blue alert — (in military or civilian defense) an alert following the first, or yellow, alert, in which air attack seems probable.