10-letter words containing a, b, o, u
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- gubernator — a governor
- guideboard — a large board or sign, usually mounted on a post, giving directions to travelers.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- hand-bound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- hullabaloo — a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- hunt board — English Furniture. a semicircular drinking table, often having a groove serving as a guide for coasters and a well for unopened bottles.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- incubation — the act or process of incubating.
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- inoculable — capable of being inoculated.
- intubation — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- jubilation — a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation: Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jumbo loan — a loan that exceeds the standard maximum amount offered by a financial institution
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- just about — more or less
- jute board — a strong, bendable cardboard made from rags and sulfite, used chiefly in the manufacture of shipping cartons.
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- kookaburra — an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- koulibiaca — A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry.
- labour day — a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.
- labour law — those areas of law which appertain to the relationship between employers and employees and between employers and trade unions
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- laboursome — (obsolete) Hard-working.
- leuco base — a noncolored or slightly colored compound that is produced by reducing a dye and is readily oxidized to regenerate the dye.
- leucoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- lounge bar — more elegant bar