12-letter words containing b, l, u, e, i
- devil's club — a spiny shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of northwestern North America, having broad palmate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of bright red berries.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double helix — the spiral arrangement of the two complementary strands of DNA.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
- 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-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- double-quick — very quick or rapid.
- double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- equitability — The quality of being equitable; equitableness.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- gullibleness — Gullibility.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.