10-letter words containing i, m, b, u
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- coquimbite — hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- 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.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- dumbsizing — Present participle of dumbsize.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- fumblingly — In a fumbling manner.
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- 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.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- home-built — built at home
- humberside — a county in NE England. 1356 sq. mi. (3525 sq. km).
- humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbugging — Present participle of humbug.
- 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.
- immunoblot — a technique used to transfer a pattern of proteins
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- in numbers — in large numbers; numerously
- incumbency — the quality or state of being incumbent.
- incumbents — Plural form of incumbent.
- incumbered — encumber.
- jumblingly — in a jumbling or tumultuous manner
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- lubumbashi — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- lumbermill — a mill for dressing logs and lumber.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- mbuji-mayi — a city in the S central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- microburst — an intense, localized downdraft of air that spreads on the ground, causing rapid changes in wind direction and speed; a localized downburst.