10-letter words containing h, u
- bequeathed — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- bhavabhuti — flourished 8th century, Indian dramatist.
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bitou bush — type of sprawling woody shrub
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- bloodhound — A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- blue flash — green flash.
- blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
- blue phlox — a plant, Phlox divaricata, of eastern North America, having creeping, rooting stems and mauve flowers.
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blue whale — the largest mammal: a widely distributed bluish-grey whalebone whale, Sibbaldus (or Balaenoptera) musculus, closely related and similar to the rorquals: family Balaenopteridae
- bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
- bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- böhm flute — a type of flute in which the holes are covered with keys; the standard type of modern flute
- boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
- borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bowhunting — the practice of hunting wild animals with bow and arrow
- brachyuran — any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs
- branch cut — a method for selecting a single-valued function on a subset of the domain of a multiple-valued function of a complex variable.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- broadbrush — lacking full detail or information; incomplete or rough
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- brought on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- brought-on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- brushwheel — a toothless wheel with bristles attached to its circumference, used to turn another wheel by friction
- bubblehead — a frivolous person
- bucephalus — the favourite horse of Alexander the Great
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buck teeth — upper front teeth which stick out
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buddh gaya — a town in NE India, in Bihar: site of the sacred bo tree under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha; pilgrimage centre. Pop: 30 883 (2001)
- buddhahood — the attainment of enlightenment as a Buddha.
- buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
- buff wheel — a wheel for buffing, consisting of a number of leather or canvas disks.
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head