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10-letter words containing u, r, a, l

  • blue crane — the great blue heron.
  • blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
  • blue racer — a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
  • blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
  • blue-water — designed to operate on and range over the open sea; oceangoing: a bluewater navy that can be dispatched throughout the world, far from its home base.
  • bluebreast — any of several birds with blue plumage around the throat
  • bluehearts — a hairy, purple-flowered perennial plant (Buchnera americana) of the figwort family, found in the S U.S.
  • bluethroat — a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
  • board rule — a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
  • brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
  • break bulk — of or relating to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Compare bulk1 (def 3), containerization.
  • break-bulk — of or relating to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Compare bulk1 (def 3), containerization.
  • brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
  • bubble car — (in Britain, formerly) a small car, often having three wheels, with a transparent bubble-shaped top
  • bugger all — Bugger all is a rude way of saying 'nothing'.
  • bugger-all — absolutely nothing; nothing at all: Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.
  • bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
  • bulk large — to be or seem important or prominent
  • bull shark — a requiem shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabiting shallow waters from North Carolina to Brazil.
  • bullroarer — a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled: used esp by native Australians in religious rites
  • burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
  • burglarize — If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
  • burlingameAnson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
  • bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
  • butterball — a chubby or fat person
  • cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
  • calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
  • calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
  • camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
  • campanular — shaped like a bell
  • cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
  • cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
  • canorously — In a canorous manner.
  • capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
  • capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
  • carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
  • carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
  • cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
  • cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
  • caruncular — Of, relating to, or like, a caruncle.
  • casualwear — clothing designed for wear on informal occasions.
  • cataloguer — One who catalogues.
  • caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
  • cattle run — a barnyard or fenced area adjacent to a barn used as a limited grazing area or exercise lot for cattle.
  • cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
  • celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
  • censurable — deserving censure, condemnation, or blame
  • chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
  • chartulary — cartulary
  • cherubical — Cherubic.
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