10-letter words containing o, b, n
- 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.
- bubonocele — an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- buffoonish — resembling or in the manner of a buffoon
- bufotenine — a tryptamine alkaloid with hallucinogenic properties, found in the skin of some species of toad and in some mushrooms and tropical shrubs
- 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 into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- 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
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bull-nosed — having a rounded end
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bump along — advance unevenly
- bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
- bung it on — to behave in a pretentious manner
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- bunionette — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
- bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
- buonaparte — Bonaparte1
- buonarroti — Michelangelo.
- buononcini — Bononcini.
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- 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.
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- butt joint — a joint between two plates, planks, bars, sections, etc, when the components are butted together and do not overlap or interlock. The joint may be strapped with jointing plates laid across it or welded (butt weld)
- button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- 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
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- buttonbush — a N American shrub of the genus Cephalanthus