10-letter words containing u, s
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autotheism — the doctrine of God's self-existence and subsistence
- autotheist — a person who worships himself or herself
- autotomise — Alt form autotomize.
- autotomous — separating body parts in order to escape danger
- autotoxins — Plural form of autotoxin.
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- auxospores — Plural form of auxospore.
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- babelesque — resembling the situation at Babel, confused, impeding communication
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- backcourts — Plural form of backcourt.
- bahuvrihis — Plural form of bahuvrihi.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- balaustine — of or relating to the pomegranate.
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- banqueters — Plural form of banqueter.
- banquettes — Plural form of banquette.
- bantustans — Plural form of bantustan.
- barbarious — (dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barosaurus — Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
- barquettes — a small, boat-shaped pastry shell filled with a savory or sweet mixture and served as an hors d'oeuvre or dessert.
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barratrous — (legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
- barrelfuls — Plural form of barrelful.
- baseburner — a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
- baserunner — a baseball player in the act of running around bases
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battlesuit — (science fiction) A technologically enhanced suit worn in battle for protection, camouflage, etc.
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- be excused — to go to the lavatory
- be used to — If you are used to something, you are familiar with it because you have done it or experienced it many times before.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beau geste — a noble or gracious gesture or act, esp one that is meaningless