11-letter words containing b, a, r, o, u
- dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- free labour — the labour of workers who are not members of trade unions
- 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.
- global rule — (in transformational grammar) a rule that makes reference to nonconsecutive stages of a derivation
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- harbourless — Without a harbour.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
- ibritumomab — A monoclonal antibody which is linked with yttrium-90 as the drug ibritumomab tiuxetan.
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- kookaburras — Plural form of kookaburra.
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
- labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- mare boreum — (Northern Sea) an area near the north pole of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- masturbator — to engage in masturbation.
- moorbuzzard — a bird of prey known as the marsh harrier, Circus Aeruginosus
- mount tabor — a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.