10-letter words containing r, u, n, e
- bra-burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
- 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.
- bren (gun) — a light, fast, gas-operated machine gun used by the British army in WWII
- brunetiere — Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French literary critic.
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- buena park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 78,000
- buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- bug-hunter — a person who is interested in insects
- bug-ridden — full of insects
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bunchberry — a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- 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.
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- burgeoning — rapidly developing or growing; flourishing
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- burnsville — a city in SE Minnesota.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- bushranger — an escaped convict or robber living in the bush
- button ear — a dog's ear that folds forward completely.
- by-numbers — done in an uninspired, simplistic, or formulaic way
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- cattle run — a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
- 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.
- censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
- centauress — A female centaur; a she-centaur.
- centaurian — resembling or of the nature of a centaur
- centauries — Plural form of centaury.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y