10-letter words containing i, u, r
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- brian boru — ?941–1014, king of Ireland (1002–14): killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf
- bring suit — to institute legal action; sue
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- brunetiere — Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French literary critic.
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- brusquerie — brusqueness; curtness
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- budgerigar — Budgerigars are small, brightly-coloured birds from Australia that people often keep as pets.
- bug-ridden — full of insects
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bumpy ride — experience: difficult
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- bunny girl — a night-club hostess whose costume includes a rabbit-like tail and ears
- buonarroti — Michelangelo.
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- burglarize — If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- burns unit — a section of a hospital in which those with serious burns are treated
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- bursarship — a scholarship or grant awarded esp in Scottish and New Zealand schools, universities etc
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- bush shirt — bush jacket.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- 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.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- carburized — Simple past tense and past participle of carburize.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- caricatura — a caricature
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.