11-letter words containing a, b, u, y
- causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- combat duty — active service
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- connubially — As in marriage.
- crazy about — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
- educability — capable of being educated.
- exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- indubitably — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- ineluctably — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
- inequitably — not equitable; unjust or unfair: an inequitable decision.
- inexcusably — incapable of being excused or justified.
- innumerably — very numerous.
- insalubrity — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- inscrutably — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
- irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- jubal early — Jubal Anderson [joo-buh l] /ˈdʒu bəl/ (Show IPA), 1816–94, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- laudability — Laudableness.
- laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- manipulably — In a manipulable way.
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- obfuscatory — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.