10-letter words containing b, l, u
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head
- bugger all — Bugger all is a rude way of saying 'nothing'.
- bugger-all — absolutely nothing; nothing at all: Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.
- build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bulk large — to be or seem important or prominent
- bull block — a machine for drawing wire in which the wire is pulled through the dies by a power-operated drum.
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- bull float — a machine for giving the final surfacing to an area of concrete, as on a road.
- bull moose — a member of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912
- bull shark — a requiem shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabiting shallow waters from North Carolina to Brazil.
- bull snake — any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings
- bull trout — any large trout, esp the salmon trout
- bull wheel — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bull's-eye — The bull's-eye is the small circular area at the centre of a target.
- bull-nosed — having a rounded end
- bullbucker — a foreman who supervises fallers and buckers.
- bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bulldogger — a person who brings an animal, esp a steer, to the ground by twisting its head from the horns
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
- bullroarer — a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled: used esp by native Australians in religious rites
- bully beef — tinned corned beef
- bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
- bumbailiff — (formerly) an officer employed to collect debts and arrest debtors for nonpayment
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- bunglingly — in a bungling manner
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- bunny girl — a night-club hostess whose costume includes a rabbit-like tail and ears
- bunny hill — a nursery slope
- bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- burglarize — If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime