10-letter words containing b, u, s
- arcubalist — an arbalest
- arquebuses — Plural form of arquebuse.
- arse about — to play the fool; act stupidly, esp in an irritating manner
- attributes — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- aubergines — Plural form of aubergine.
- aubergiste — an innkeeper or hotelier
- audiobooks — Plural form of audiobook.
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- backcourts — Plural form of backcourt.
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- banqueters — Plural form of banqueter.
- banquettes — Plural form of banquette.
- bantustans — Plural form of bantustan.
- barbarious — (dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barosaurus — Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
- barquettes — a small, boat-shaped pastry shell filled with a savory or sweet mixture and served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert.
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barratrous — (legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
- barrelfuls — Plural form of barrelful.
- baseburner — a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
- baserunner — a baseball player in the act of running around bases
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- be excused — to go to the lavatory
- 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.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- 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