10-letter words containing b, r, u, e
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- re-soluble — able to be redissolved.
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rebuilding — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- rebukingly — in a severe and disapproving manner
- rebuttable — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- recumbency — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- redisburse — to refund or reimburse
- refuelable — capable of being refuelled
- refundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refuse bin — a bin for the disposal of rubbish and waste
- regensburg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809.
- reissuable — (of notes, bills, money, etc) able to be reissued
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- requitable — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- resubmerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- retabulate — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- retributor — a person who retributes
- returnable — that may be returned: returnable merchandise.
- rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
- rickburner — an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks
- rifle butt — the end of the stock of a rifle
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- royal blue — a deep blue, often with a faint reddish tinge.
- rubber ice — Canadian. thin ice that shifts, cracks, or groans when crossed on foot.
- rubber jaw — a condition in which the mandible becomes demineralized and excessively mobile in animals with advanced renal disease
- rubberized — coated or impregnated with rubber
- rubberlike — resembling rubber
- rubberneck — to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
- rubberwear — clothing made of rubber
- rubblework — masonry built of rubble or roughly dressed stones.
- rubenesque — of or relating to the painter Peter Paul Rubens or his works, which feature full-figured women.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubik cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- ruby laser — a solid-state, pulsed laser that uses a ruby crystal to produce a very strong beam of red coherent light, used in making holographs and in cosmetic instruments.
- rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- rustbucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- scarabaeus — scarab (defs 2, 3).
- scrobicule — a small pit, for example around one of a sea urchin's nodules
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.