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11-letter words containing b, l, u

  • bucket list — a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
  • bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • buffalo bug — carpet beetle
  • buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
  • buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
  • buffet meal — meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
  • build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
  • bulbiferous — (of plants) producing bulbs
  • bulbous bow — a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence
  • bulbousness — the quality of being bulbous
  • bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
  • bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bull fiddle — double bass
  • bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
  • bull tongue — a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
  • bull's nose — bullnose (def 1).
  • bull's wool — nonsense
  • bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
  • bull-necked — having a short thick neck
  • bull-roarer — a wooden slat that produces a roaring sound when whirled around one's head on the end of a string or thong, used by some peoples of the world in religious ceremonies and by others as a toy.
  • bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
  • bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
  • bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
  • bullet hole — hole made by a bullet
  • bullet tree — any of various tropical American trees, as Manilkara bidentata, of the sapodilla family, that yield the gum balata.
  • bullet wood — the wood of a bully tree.
  • bulletproof — Something that is bulletproof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
  • bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
  • bullmastiff — a breed of dog
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • bullterrier — a breed of dog
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
  • bumbleberry — a mixture of berries used in pie fillings and in preserves
  • bumblepuppy — a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.
  • bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
  • bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
  • bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
  • bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
  • bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
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