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10-letter words containing n, w, b

  • brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
  • brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
  • brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
  • brown coat — arriccio.
  • brown deer — a town in SE Wisconsin.
  • brown eyes — eyes with brown irises
  • brown lung — a debilitating lung disease resembling emphysema, occurring among textile workers from inhalation of cotton dust.
  • brown nose — a form of light sensitization in cattle
  • brown rice — unpolished rice, in which the grains retain the outer yellowish-brown layer (bran)
  • brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
  • brown-nose — to curry favor; behave obsequiously.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • brownnoser — a person who brownnoses
  • brownprint — a process of photographic reproduction using a mixture of iron and silver salts to produce a white image on a sepia ground.
  • brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
  • brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
  • buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
  • build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
  • build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
  • bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
  • bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
  • button tow — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a pole that has a circular plate at the bottom and is attached to a moving cable. The person places the pole between his or her legs so that the plate takes his or her weight
  • buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • buttonwood — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
  • cabin crew — The cabin crew on an aircraft are the people whose job is to look after the passengers.
  • climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
  • climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
  • colwyn bay — a town and resort in N Wales, in Conwy county borough. Pop: 30 269 (2001)
  • crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
  • downblouse — Describing a voyeuristic image of the view down a woman's cleavage.
  • downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
  • embowering — Present participle of embower.
  • fingerbowl — a small bowl filled with water for rinsing the fingers at the table after a meal
  • free-blown — (of glass) blown and shaped manually and without the use of a mold. Compare blown-molded, offhand (def 5).
  • full-blown — fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
  • funnel-web — any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae, constructing funnel-shaped webs
  • go-between — a person who acts as an agent or intermediary between persons or groups; emissary.
  • handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
  • hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
  • hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
  • in between — Usually, betweens. a short needle with a rounded eye and a sharp point, used for fine hand stitchery in heavy fabric.
  • in-between — a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.
  • longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
  • lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
  • marrowbone — A bone containing edible marrow.
  • mars brown — a medium brown color.
  • mindblower — a hallucinogenic drug.
  • narrowback — a person of slight build who is unfit for hard labor.
  • narrowband — Of or involving signals over a narrow range of frequencies.
  • narrowboat — A canal boat less than 7 feet (2.1 m) wide with a maximum length of 70 feet (21.3 m) and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel.
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