10-letter words containing n, u, r, b
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- 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)
- burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
- 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.
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
- button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- confabular — of or relating to confabulation
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- cordonbleu — any of several small African finches of the genus Uraeginthus, having pale blue and buff plumage and commonly kept as cage birds.
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- 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.
- curb reins — reins attached to a curb bit
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- debentures — Plural form of debenture.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- disburdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden.
- disbursing — Present participle of disburse.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- double run — a set of four cards consisting of a three-card run plus a fourth card of the same denomination as one of the others, as 2, 3, 4, 4, worth eight points.
- downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)