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10-letter words containing t, n, o

  • boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
  • bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
  • botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
  • bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
  • bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
  • bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
  • bottomness — the number of bottom antiquarks minus the number of bottom quarks in a particle
  • bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
  • bournonite — a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
  • bowhunting — the practice of hunting wild animals with bow and arrow
  • brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
  • branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
  • 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.
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
  • breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
  • breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
  • breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • broken lot — an irregular quantity or lot of securities that is smaller than the amount normally traded
  • bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
  • bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
  • brontobyte — 1027 or 290 bytes
  • brontosaur — apatosaurus
  • brought on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
  • brought-on — made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
  • browbeaten — intimidated
  • brown belt — a level of expertise just below that of black belt
  • brown bent — a common grass, Agrostis canina, of North America, used for lawns and putting greens because its blades can be clipped very short without injury to the plant.
  • brown coat — arriccio.
  • brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
  • brownprint — a process of photographic reproduction using a mixture of iron and silver salts to produce a white image on a sepia ground.
  • brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
  • brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
  • buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
  • bufotenine — a tryptamine alkaloid with hallucinogenic properties, found in the skin of some species of toad and in some mushrooms and tropical shrubs
  • build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
  • buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
  • bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
  • bung it on — to behave in a pretentious manner
  • bunionette — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
  • bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
  • buonaparte — Bonaparte1
  • buonarroti — Michelangelo.
  • 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
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