10-letter words containing u, b
- beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beauregard — P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) de1818-93; Confederate general
- beautician — A beautician is a person whose job is giving people beauty treatments such as doing their nails, treating their skin, and putting on their make-up.
- beautified — Simple past tense and past participle of beautify.
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
- beaux-arts — relating to the classical decorative style, esp that of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- become due — to become payable as previously arranged
- becquerels — Plural form of becquerel.
- beefburger — A beefburger is the same as a hamburger.
- beet sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar
- beetlebung — sour gum.
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- begrudgery — resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bequeathal — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bequeathed — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- beryl blue — a light greenish blue.
- bestraught — distraught; distracted
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- betelgeuse — a very remote luminous red supergiant, Alpha Orionis: the second brightest star in the constellation Orion. It is a variable star
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bhavabhuti — flourished 8th century, Indian dramatist.
- bi-curious — considering experimenting with bisexuality
- bi-lingual — able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biannulate — having two bands, esp of colour