10-letter words containing b, o, u, s
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- obturators — Plural form of obturator.
- obtuseness — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- omnibusses — (dated) Plural form of omnibus.
- osso bucco — a stew, originally from Italy, made with knuckle of veal, cooked in tomato sauce
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- out-basket — out-box.
- outbluster — to surpass in blustering
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- overblouse — a blouse designed to be worn outside the waistband of a skirt or a pair of slacks.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- pushbutton — A pushbutton machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- re-soluble — able to be redissolved.
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- robustious — rough, rude, or boisterous.
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- roustabout — a wharf laborer or deck hand, as on the Mississippi River.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubiginous — rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- salbutamol — the international generic name for albuterol.
- salubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- sauce boat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- school bus — a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- sebiferous — producing or carrying a fatty, oily, or waxlike substance
- see double — have blurred vision
- self-doubt — lack of confidence in the reliability of one's own motives, personality, thought, etc.
- semidouble — having more petals than those of a single flower but fewer than those of a double flower.
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell