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11-letter words containing b, o, u, l, d

  • double-tide — Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
  • double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
  • double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
  • doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
  • doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
  • doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
  • doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
  • doubtlessly — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
  • douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
  • douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
  • dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
  • floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
  • full-bodied — of full strength, flavor, richness, etc.: full-bodied wine; full-bodied writing.
  • golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
  • golden bull — an edict of Charles IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, issued in 1356 and in force until the extinction of the empire in 1806, in which the selection of the emperor was entrusted to seven Electors.
  • golden club — an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.
  • ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
  • hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
  • indubiously — Synonym of without a doubt.
  • labour ward — a ward or department of a hospital for the care and admission of women in the process of childbirth
  • locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
  • lower bound — an element less than or equal to all the elements in a given set: The numbers 0 and 1 are lower bounds of the set consisting of 1, 2, and 3.
  • misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
  • molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
  • monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
  • mumble mode — (jargon)   The mode a program, piece of hardware, or other system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "off the trolley" and "deep space".
  • musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • non-audible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
  • nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
  • nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
  • outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
  • outbuilding — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
  • oxford blue — a dark blue colour
  • powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
  • produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • public good — benefit of all people
  • redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
  • round table — conference, meeting
  • round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
  • ruling body — authority, group in charge
  • sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
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