10-letter words containing t, u, b, i
- brunetiere — Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1849–1906, French literary critic.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bucky bits — /buh'kee bits/ 1. Obsolete. The bits produced by the CONTROL and META shift keys on a SAIL keyboard (octal 200 and 400 respectively), resulting in a 9-bit keyboard character set. The MIT AI TV (Knight) keyboards extended this with TOP and separate left and right CONTROL and META keys, resulting in a 12-bit character set; later, LISP Machines added such keys as SUPER, HYPER, and GREEK (see space-cadet keyboard). 2. By extension, bits associated with "extra" shift keys on any keyboard, e.g. the ALT on an IBM PC or command and option keys on a Macintosh. It has long been rumored that "bucky bits" were named after Buckminster Fuller during a period when he was consulting at Stanford. Actually, bucky bits were invented by Niklaus Wirth when *he* was at Stanford in 1964--65; he first suggested the idea of an EDIT key to set the 8th bit of an otherwise 7 bit ASCII character. It seems that, unknown to Wirth, certain Stanford hackers had privately nicknamed him "Bucky" after a prominent portion of his dental anatomy, and this nickname transferred to the bit. Bucky-bit commands were used in a number of editors written at Stanford, including most notably TV-EDIT and NLS. The term spread to MIT and CMU early and is now in general use. Ironically, Wirth himself remained unaware of its derivation for nearly 30 years, until GLS dug up this history in early 1993! See double bucky, quadruple bucky.
- buff stick — a small stick covered with leather or the like, used in polishing.
- 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.
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- 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.
- buonarroti — Michelangelo.
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- burns unit — a section of a hospital in which those with serious burns are treated
- 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.
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- bush shirt — bush jacket.
- bustlingly — in a bustling manner
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- butt hinge — a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb so that they are in contact when the door is shut
- 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)
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- 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.
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- combusting — Present participle of combust.
- combustion — Combustion is the act of burning something or the process of burning.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- consubsist — to subsist together
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- coquimbite — hydrated ferric sulphate found in certain rocks and in volcanic fumaroles
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- cucurbital — of or relating to the genus Cucurbitaceae
- cultivable — (of land) capable of being cultivated
- curability — capable of being cured.
- cutability — the portion of saleable lean meat on a carcass
- debt issue — a fixed corporate obligation, as a bond or debenture.
- deductible — If a payment or expense is deductible, it can be deducted from another sum such as your income, for example, when calculating how much income tax you have to pay.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.