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11-letter words containing a, e, l, u, r

  • ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
  • balustraded — Having balustrades.
  • balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
  • bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
  • barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
  • barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
  • barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
  • beau dollar — a silver dollar.
  • beautifuler — Obsolete spelling of beautifuller.
  • behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
  • belarussian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
  • beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • big-leaguer — Sports. a player in a major league.
  • bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
  • biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
  • blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
  • blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
  • blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
  • blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
  • blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
  • blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
  • blue-collar — Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
  • branfulness — (of flour) the state of being unsifted and hence full of bran
  • bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
  • bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
  • bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bull-roarer — a wooden slat that produces a roaring sound when whirled around one's head on the end of a string or thong, used by some peoples of the world in religious ceremonies and by others as a toy.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
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