10-letter words containing n, u, m, b
- 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.
- bustamante — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1780–1853, Mexican military and political leader: president 1830–32, 1837–41.
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- decumbence — The act or posture of lying down.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- dumb bunny — a stupid person.
- dumbfounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound.
- dumbsizing — Present participle of dumbsize.
- eboulement — a collapse; cave-in.
- encumbered — Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- enumerable — Able to be counted by one-to-one correspondence with the set of all positive integers.
- fumblingly — In a fumbling manner.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- 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
- hot number — sth popular
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbugging — Present participle of humbug.
- husbandman — a farmer.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- 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
- jumbo loan — a loan that exceeds the standard maximum amount offered by a financial institution
- jumbotrons — Plural form of jumbotron.
- kummerbund — a wide sash worn at the waist, especially a horizontally pleated one worn with a tuxedo.
- lambrequin — a woven fabric covering for a helmet in medieval times to protect it from heat, rust, etc.
- lebensraum — additional territory considered by a nation, especially Nazi Germany, to be necessary for national survival or for the expansion of trade.
- mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
- manducable — chewable or edible
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform