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10-letter words containing b, u, t, h

  • south bend — a city in N Indiana.
  • southbound — traveling southward.
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
  • subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
  • subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
  • subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
  • sunbathing — to take a sunbath.
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
  • tetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the southeastern U.S., having leathery leaves and white to pink flowers.
  • the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
  • the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
  • the buddha — ?563–483 bc, a title applied to Gautama Siddhartha, a nobleman and religious teacher working in N India, regarded by his followers as the most recent rediscoverer of the path to enlightenment: the founder of Buddhism
  • the budget — an estimate of British government expenditures and revenues and the financial plans for the ensuing fiscal year presented annually to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • the burren — a limestone area on the North Clare coast in the Irish Republic, famous for its wild flowers, caves, and dolmens
  • the bushes — rural or small-town districts
  • the buskin — tragic drama
  • thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thimbleful — the amount that a thimble will hold.
  • thumbikins — thumbscrews
  • thumbpiece — a lever over the hinge on the lid of a tankard, pressed by the thumb to raise the lid.
  • thumbprint — a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • thumbstall — a protective sheath of rubber, leather, or the like for the thumb.
  • thumbwheel — a small, partially exposed wheel that can be turned with a thumb or finger and is found on various devices such as computers or instruments
  • thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
  • thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
  • tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
  • tipu sahib — 1750–99, sultan of Mysore 1782–99.
  • toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
  • touch base — make contact
  • tube sheet — A tube sheet is a plate which is used to support the tubes in a shell-and-tube heat exchanger.
  • tumblehome — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
  • turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
  • turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
  • umber moth — any of various brownish geometrid moths, esp the waved umber (Menophra abruptaria) and small waved umber (Horisme vitalbata), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark, and the mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
  • unberthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
  • unbesought — not besought or entreated
  • unbirthday — any day other than one's birthday
  • unblighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
  • unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
  • unbreathed — not breathed: unbreathed air.
  • unhittable — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • urban myth — a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?
  • what about — You use what about at the beginning of a question when you make a suggestion, offer, or request.
  • whatabouts — what one is doing generally; things that are occupying someone
  • whereabout — whereabouts.
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