10-letter words containing o, u, n
- 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
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- buttonhook — a thin tapering hooked instrument formerly used for pulling buttons through the buttonholes of gloves, shoes, etc
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- buttonwood — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- buzz along — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- 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.