10-letter words containing u, n, o, t
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- buttonbush — a N American shrub of the genus Cephalanthus
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- buttonhook — a thin tapering hooked instrument formerly used for pulling buttons through the buttonholes of gloves, shoes, etc
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- 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
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- causations — Plural form of causation.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point