10-letter words containing o, u, b, a
- colour bar — discrimination against people of a different race, esp as practised by White people against Black people
- colourable — capable of being coloured
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- 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
- confabular — of or relating to confabulation
- confusable — Able or liable to be confused with something else.
- confusably — In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
- confutable — (archaic, or, formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
- conjugable — Capable of being conjugated.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- coupleable — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- customable — subject to customs
- 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 bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- double day — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- douche bag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- dubitation — doubt.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- europhobia — dislike for or hostility to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- 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.
- fabulously — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- 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.
- fall about — If you say that people are falling about, you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.
- farborough — an under constable of a township
- fart about — to behave foolishly or aimlessly
- favourable — Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
- favourably — (British, Canada) In a favourable manner.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- fourbagger — home run.
- frabjously — In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- full board — accommodation: room and meals
- garburator — (Canada) An electric device between the drain and the U-bend in a kitchen sink that shreds food waste into small enough bits to be washed down the sink.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.