10-letter words containing b, u, o
- courbevoie — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 85 716 (2006)
- coursebook — a book studied on an educational course
- court tomb — a type of Neolithic trapezoidal burial mound having a semicircular forecourt at one end and bounded by large standing stones, common in the British Isles.
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- cross buck — an offensive play in which two running backs cross paths and charge into the line on opposite sides, one back receiving the ball from the quarterback and the other back faking possession.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cuckoo bee — any of several species of parasitic or inquiline bee the queen of which lays her eggs in the nest of the bumblebee or other species, sometimes killing the host queen, leaving her eggs to be raised by the workers of the nest
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- customable — subject to customs
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- cyclobutyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclobutane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- discobolus — A discus thrower.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- dissoluble — capable of being dissolved: tablets dissoluble in water.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- doodle-bug — any of various small, squat vehicles.
- doodlebugs — Plural form of doodlebug.
- doorbuster — Informal. a retail item that is heavily discounted for a very limited time in order to draw customers to the store. the price of such an item.
- double act — Two comedians or entertainers who perform together are referred to as a double act. Their performance can also be called a double act.
- double bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- double bed — a bed large enough for two adults, especially a bed measuring 54 inches (137 cm) wide; full-size bed.
- double cup — (in Renaissance art) a matched pair of metal cups, made so that one can be placed inverted on top of the other.
- double day — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- double dip — In economics, a double dip is a period when an economy goes into recession, then briefly recovers, but then goes into another recession.
- double run — a set of four cards consisting of a three-card run plus a fourth card of the same denomination as one of the others, as 2, 3, 4, 4, worth eight points.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- double top — a score of double 20
- double-cut — noting a file having parallel cutting ridges crisscrossing in two directions.
- double-dip — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- doubleness — the quality or condition of being double.
- doubletons — Plural form of doubleton.
- doubletree — a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast.
- doublewide — Alternative spelling of double-wide.
- doubleword — two bytes considered as a single storage entity, used in some high-level programming languages.
- doubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- douche bag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.