10-letter words containing b, u
- febrifuges — Plural form of febrifuge.
- fetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., having clusters of fragrant, white flowers.
- fibrillous — composed of small fibres
- filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
- fishburger — A burger made with fish instead of beef.
- flash burn — a burn produced by brief exposure to intense, radiant heat, as from an explosion.
- flash tube — a gaseous discharge tube designed to emit extremely short bursts of very intense light
- flashbulbs — Plural form of flashbulb.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- flue brush — a brush used for cleaning soot from chimneys
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- fly button — a button on the fly of a pair of trousers
- fourbagger — home run.
- foxborough — a town in E Massachusetts.
- frabjously — In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
- frostbound — (of ground) hardened by frost
- fruit beer — a beer or ale to which fruit or fruit syrup has been added for a second fermentation.
- fruit bowl — dish for displaying fruit
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- fuck buddy — Slang: Vulgar. a person with whom one has a sexual but not a romantic relationship.
- full blast — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- full blood — a person or animal of unmixed ancestry; one descended of a pure breed. Compare purebred.
- full board — accommodation: room and meals
- full-blown — fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
- fumblingly — In a fumbling manner.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- funnel-web — any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae, constructing funnel-shaped webs
- funny bone — the part of the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the internal condyle of the humerus, which when struck causes a peculiar, tingling sensation in the arm and hand; crazy bone.
- funny book — comic book.
- furbearers — Plural form of furbearer.
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- furbishing — Present participle of furbish.
- fusibility — the quality of being fusible or convertible from a solid to a liquid state by heat.
- fussbudget — a fussy or needlessly fault-finding person.
- gangbuster — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- garburator — (Canada) An electric device between the drain and the U-bend in a kitchen sink that shreds food waste into small enough bits to be washed down the sink.
- gas burner — the tip, jet, or nozzle from which gas issues, as on a stove.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- gatlinburg — a town in E Tennessee: resort.
- gettysburg — a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.
- glauberite — a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na 2 Ca(SO 4) 2 , often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.
- globulites — Plural form of globulite.
- glory bush — a shrub, Tibouchina urvilleana, native to Brazil, having showy purple flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- gobi burin — a wedge-shaped engraving tool made by Pleistocene hunters on both the Asian and American sides of the Bering Strait.
- good buddy — Citizens Band Radio Slang. the operator of a CB radio; fellow operator (often used as a form of direct address while broadcasting).