12-letter words containing a, b, u, t, l
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- black walnut — a North American walnut tree, Juglans nigra, with hard dark wood and edible oily nuts
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- blaue reiter — der Blaue Reiter. a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
- blues guitar — blues guitar music
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- bubble float — a hollow spherical float that can be weighted with water to aid casting
- buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
- bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
- bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- calculatable — Able to be calculated; calculable.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- conglobulate — to form into a globe or ball
- connubiality — of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- countability — the fact of being countable
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cultivatable — Cultivable.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.