10-letter words containing b, u, e
- bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
- be excused — to go to the lavatory
- be in luck — You can say someone is in luck when they are in a situation where they can have what they want or need.
- be made up — to be very happy about something
- be used to — If you are used to something, you are familiar with it because you have done it or experienced it many times before.
- be-thought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- beat about — to hunt or look through or around
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beating-up — a physical assault
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beau ideal — perfect beauty or excellence
- beau monde — the world of fashion and society
- beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beauregard — P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) de1818-93; Confederate general
- beautician — A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
- beautified — Simple past tense and past participle of beautify.
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
- beaux-arts — relating to the classical decorative style, esp that of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- become due — to become payable as previously arranged
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- beefburger — A beefburger is the same as a hamburger.
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beetlebung — sour gum.
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- begrudgery — resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O