10-letter words containing b, o, r, u
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- to be sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
- tourbillon — a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- tuberculo- — tubercular
- tuberiform — in the form of a tuber
- tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- turbo pump — a turbine powered pump
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
- turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
- turbulator — a device that is designed to make air flow more smoothly over the wing of an aircraft and minimize turbulence
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- ulan bator — a republic in E central Asia, in N Mongolia. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,500,000 sq. km). Capital: Ulan Bator.
- umber moth — any of various brownish geometrid moths, esp the waved umber (Menophra abruptaria) and small waved umber (Horisme vitalbata), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark, and the mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- umberto ii — 1904–83, the last king of Italy (1946), following the abdication of his father Victor Emmanuel III: abdicated when a referendum supported the abolition of the monarchy
- umbiliform — having the form of an umbilicus.
- umbrageous — creating or providing shade; shady: an umbrageous tree.
- unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
- unborrowed — not borrowed
- unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
- unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- underbough — a low-lying tree branch
- unforcible — not able to be forced
- unfordable — (of a river, flood, stream, etc) not able to be forded
- unilobular — having or consisting of one lobule
- unlaboured — (of writing or artwork) not showing effort, but natural and flowing in style
- unobscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unprobated — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- untroubled — without trouble, discomfort, or disturbance: an easy, untroubled life; He was untroubled by daily setbacks.
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- upper body — body above the waist
- urban golf — a game played on a large outdoor course in a non-residential area of a city, the object of which is to hit a tennis ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes
- urbanology — the study of urban problems, especially as a social science.
- verb group — A verb group or verbal group consists of a verb, or of a main verb following a modal or one or more auxiliaries. Examples are 'walked', 'can see', and 'had been waiting'.
- vocabulary — the stock of words used by or known to a particular people or group of persons: His French vocabulary is rather limited. The scientific vocabulary is constantly growing.
- whereabout — whereabouts.
- whirlabout — a whirling around in a circle.
- word burst — a greater than normal rate of occurrence of a particular word in a given context, esp in weblogs