12-letter words containing b, l, o, u, s
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- connubialism — the state of being married
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- custom-built — If something is custom-built, it is built according to someone's special requirements.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- double doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hobblebushes — Plural form of hobblebush.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour