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11-letter words containing a, e, n, o, u

  • autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
  • autokinetic — automatically self-moving
  • autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
  • autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
  • auxanometer — an instrument that measures the linear growth of plant shoots
  • baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
  • balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
  • baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
  • baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
  • bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
  • belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
  • bonaventureSaint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
  • boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
  • broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
  • brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
  • buenos dias — good day; good morning
  • buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • callousness — made hard; hardened.
  • cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
  • cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
  • car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carniferous — bearing flesh.
  • cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
  • cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
  • cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
  • centuriator — a historian who compiles work by centuries, esp one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries
  • chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • clean house — to clean and put a home in order
  • clean up on — to defeat; beat
  • cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
  • coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
  • coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
  • coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
  • collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
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