10-letter words containing o, b, t, u
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- combustors — Plural form of combustor.
- come about — When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
- commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
- computable — computability theory
- confutable — (archaic, or, formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
- consubsist — to subsist together
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- coquimbite — hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
- corbel out — to support on corbels
- cotton bud — A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make-up.
- 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".
- court tomb — a type of Neolithic trapezoidal burial mound having a semicircular forecourt at one end and bounded by large standing stones, common in the British Isles.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- customable — subject to customs
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- cyclobutyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclobutane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- doorbuster — Informal. a retail item that is heavily discounted for a very limited time in order to draw customers to the store. the price of such an item.
- double act — Two comedians or entertainers who perform together are referred to as a double act. Their performance can also be called a double act.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- double top — a score of double 20
- double-cut — noting a file having parallel cutting ridges crisscrossing in two directions.
- doubletons — Plural form of doubleton.
- doubletree — a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast.
- doubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
- dubitation — doubt.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- duty-bound — If you say you are duty-bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- eboulement — a collapse; cave-in.
- ebullition — a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- estributor — a person or organization that helps an author publish and distribute his or her own work in electronic form
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- extubation — (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
- fabulation — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fabulosity — (uncountable) Fabulousness; the quality of being fabulous; fictitiousness; mythical character.
- faff about — If you say that someone is faffing about or faffing around, you mean that they are doing things in a disorganized way and not achieving very much.