10-letter words containing b, u
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- buttonwood — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- buy-to-let — of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself
- buzz about — to scurry about
- buzz along — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- by request — in accordance with someone's desire
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- by-product — A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- byssaceous — consisting of fine threads
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cabanatuan — city in SC Luzon, in the Philippines: pop. 173,000
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- carbureted — (of a vehicle or engine) having fuel supplied through a carburetor, rather than an injector.
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- carburized — Simple past tense and past participle of carburize.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- cast about — to make a mental or visual search
- catacumbal — of or resembling catacombs
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- cerebellum — The cerebellum is a part of the brain in humans and other mammals that controls the body's movements and balance.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- check stub — A check stub is the part of a check that is kept by the payee with information such as the check number, date, and amount.
- chequebook — a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chess club — a club in which participants can learn chess and improve their playing skills
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- chinch bug — a black-and-white tropical American heteropterous insect, Blissus leucopterus, that is very destructive to grasses and cereals in the US: family Lygaeidae
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked