12-letter words containing b, e, c, l, o, u
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- double-quick — very quick or rapid.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.