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10-letter words containing o, n, e, u

  • beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
  • ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
  • benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
  • berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
  • betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
  • bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
  • blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
  • bluebonnet — a broad, flat cap of blue woolen cloth, formerly worn in Scotland
  • bluetongue — an Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, having a cobalt-blue tongue
  • bone up on — If you bone up on a subject, you try to find out about it or remind yourself of what you have already learned about it.
  • bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
  • bonne nuit — good night
  • boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
  • bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
  • bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
  • bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
  • bouncedown — an occasion of restarting play by the umpire bouncing the ball
  • boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
  • bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
  • bousingken — a drinking house frequented by thieves or other disreputable characters
  • box number — A box number is a number used as an address, for example one given by a newspaper for replies to a private advertisement, or one used by an organization for the letters sent to it.
  • brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
  • bubonocele — an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia
  • buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
  • bufotenine — a tryptamine alkaloid with hallucinogenic properties, found in the skin of some species of toad and in some mushrooms and tropical shrubs
  • buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
  • bull-nosed — having a rounded end
  • bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
  • 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.
  • bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
  • buonaparte — Bonaparte1
  • burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
  • burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
  • burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
  • button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
  • buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
  • buttonless — having no button or buttons.
  • calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
  • cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
  • cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
  • cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
  • canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
  • cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
  • censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
  • centurions — Plural form of centurion.
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