10-letter words containing b, u
- afro-cuban — of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
- air bubble — a small pocket of air in a liquid, glass, metal etc
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-bukhari — Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil [ib-uh n is-mah-eel] /ˈɪb ən ɪsˈmɑ il/ (Show IPA), a.d. 810–870, a collector of the Hadith.
- al-ubayyid — El Obeid
- alabastrum — alabastron.
- alba iulia — a city in W central Romania, on the Muresul River; the historic capital of Transylvania.
- albumblatt — a short occasional instrumental composition, usually light in character
- albumenize — to coat with a solution containing albumen or albumin
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminate — any of several substances formed from albumin by the action of acid or alkali
- albuminize — to convert into albumin
- albuminoid — resembling albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- albuminous — of or containing albumin
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- all thumbs — clumsy
- ambilevous — (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
- ambisexual — relating to or affecting both the male and female sexes
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- ambulacrum — any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated
- ambulances — Plural form of ambulance.
- ambulating — Present participle of ambulate.
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- ambuscades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade.
- ambush bug — any of several carnivorous bugs of the family Phymatidae, inhabiting tropical areas in the Americas and Asia, that lie concealed in flowers to prey on insects.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- antebellum — of or during the period before a war, esp the American Civil War
- antenumber — a number that immediately precedes another: Three is the antenumber of four.
- antibusing — opposed to busing, the policy of transporting students to faraway schools in order to achieve racial balance within the public education system
- aquabatics — gymnastic feats performed in water
- aquaphobia — an abnormal fear of water, esp because of the possibility of drowning
- aquaphobic — abnormally afraid of water
- arabesqued — decorated with arabesques
- arabesques — Plural form of arabesque.
- arboresque — a tree.
- arboretums — Plural form of arboretum.
- arbuscular — relating to, or similar to, arbuscles
- arbutamine — Lb pharmaceutical drug A cardiac stimulant drug.
- arcubalist — an arbalest
- arquebuses — Plural form of arquebuse.
- arse about — to play the fool; act stupidly, esp in an irritating manner
- attenuable — Capable of being attenuated.