10-letter words containing b, u
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- cotton bud — A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make-up.
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- coupleable — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- 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
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cuba libre — a drink of rum, cola, lime juice, and ice
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cube steak — a thin slice of beef that has been tenderized by being cubed
- 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
- cucurbital — of or relating to the genus Cucurbitaceae
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cultivable — (of land) capable of being cultivated
- culturable — able to be cultivated or cultured
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberless — unencumbered
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- cupbearers — Plural form of cupbearer.
- curability — capable of being cured.
- curb reins — reins attached to a curb bit
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- curve ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curve-ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- customable — subject to customs
- cutability — the portion of saleable lean meat on a carcass
- cutter bar — Also called sickle bar. (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs.
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- cyberbully — someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute or intimidate people
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- 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.
- daisy bush — any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia, of Australia and New Zealand, with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.