10-letter words containing g, b, u
- grub screw — headless metal bolt
- grubbiness — dirty; slovenly: children with grubby faces and sad eyes.
- grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
- grubstaker — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- grubstakes — Plural form of grubstake.
- grubstreet — produced by a hack; poor in quality: a grubstreet book.
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- guard band — an unassigned range of radio frequencies either just above or just below the band of frequencies required for the signal transmitted by a broadcasting station. It helps to prevent interference in receivers between signals from different stations.
- gubernator — a governor
- guest beer — a draught beer stocked by a bar, often for a limited period, in addition to its usual range
- guest book — (web) The electronic equivalent of the physical notebooks found in some small hotels, in which visitors can write their names, comments and suggestions for the benefit of the proprietors and future visitors or purely for posterity. The electronic version is a form on a website into which users can enter similar details for display on the site.
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- guidebooks — Plural form of guidebook.
- gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
- gum arabic — a water-soluble, gummy exudate obtained from the acacia tree, especially Acacia senegal, used as an emulsifier, an adhesive, in inks, and in pharmaceuticals.
- gum nebula — a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away
- gun barrel — firearm: tube-shaped part
- gun battle — a violent fight between groups of people in which guns are used
- gut-bucket — jazz played in the raucous and high-spirited style of barrelhouse.
- gutbuckets — Plural form of gutbucket.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- humblebrag — a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- humbugging — Present participle of humbug.
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- image tube — an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen.
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- inarguable — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- inarguably — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- incubating — Present participle of incubate.
- intubating — Present participle of intubate.
- jitterbugs — Plural form of jitterbug.
- jubilating — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jumblingly — in a jumbling or tumultuous manner
- kalaburagi — a city in Karnataka state, in S central India.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- le bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- light bulb — an electric light.
- lightbulbs — Plural form of lightbulb.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.