10-letter words containing u, d
- build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- bull-nosed — having a rounded end
- bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bulldogger — a person who brings an animal, esp a steer, to the ground by twisting its head from the horns
- 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
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bumpy ride — experience: difficult
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
- bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- burckhardt — Jacob Christoph. 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)
- 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)
- burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
- burma road — the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China
- burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- butt-naked — completely naked
- butterweed — a North American herbaceous plant, Senecio glabellus, with yellow flowers
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- buttonwood — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- by-product — A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- calculated — If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.