10-letter words containing o, u, n
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- audiogenic — caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency
- auditioned — Simple past tense and past participle of audition.
- auditionee — a person who competes or takes part in an audition.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auguration — The practice of augury.
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- autochthon — one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
- autogenous — originating within the body
- autognosis — Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
- autoimmune — Autoimmune describes medical conditions in which normal cells are attacked by the body's immune system.
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- automaking — The manufacture of automobiles.
- automating — Present participle of automate.
- automation — the use of methods for controlling industrial processes automatically, esp by electronically controlled systems, often reducing manpower
- automatons — Plural form of automaton.
- autonoesis — The neurocognitive ability to experience time as a series of subjective episodes.
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autonomism — the belief in or a movement toward autonomy.
- autonomist — a person desiring or advocating autonomy
- autonomous — An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autosexing — the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics
- autotoxins — Plural form of autotoxin.
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- baby bonus — family allowance
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- baudouin i — 1930–93, king of Belgium (1951–93)
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beau monde — the world of fashion and society
- 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.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biofouling — the degradation of an artificial surface by biological growth
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility