10-letter words containing t, e, l, u
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- bipetalous — having two petals
- biquintile — the aspect of planets when they are at an angle of 144° to one another
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- blanquette — a French stew made of meat, usually veal, and white sauce
- blottesque — (of a painting) crudely executed, often characterized by blots and smears
- blue alert — (in military or civilian defense) an alert following the first, or yellow, alert, in which air attack seems probable.
- blue beret — an informal name for a soldier of a United Nations peacekeeping force
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
- blue peter — a signal flag of blue with a white square at the centre, displayed by a vessel about to leave port
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blue state — a state of the U.S. that usually votes Democratic.
- blue-plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
- blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
- bluebonnet — a broad, flat cap of blue woolen cloth, formerly worn in Scotland
- bluebottle — A bluebottle is a large fly with a shiny dark-blue body.
- bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
- bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
- bluejacket — a sailor in the Navy
- bluest eye — a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison.
- bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
- bluetongue — an Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, having a cobalt-blue tongue
- blusterous — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
- böhm flute — a type of flute in which the holes are covered with keys; the standard type of modern flute
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- bottle out — If you bottle out, you lose your courage at the last moment and do not do something you intended to do.
- bouillotte — a French card game similar to poker
- box turtle — any of several North American terrapins (genus Terrapene) with a hinged shell that can be completely closed: usually found on land
- bubble tea — a cold drink, originally from Taiwan, of tea infused with fruit flavouring, shaken to produce bubbles, and served over tapioca pearls in a clear cup. It is usually drunk through a very wide straw
- bubble-top — a bulletproof, transparent dome, as over the rear section of an automobile
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
- bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
- bumblefoot — a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
- 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.
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butt plate — a plate made usually of metal and attached to the butt end of a gunstock
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- butterless — without butter
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.