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11-letter words containing b, o, u, n, c

  • contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
  • contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
  • contributor — You can use contributor to refer to one of the causes of an event or situation, especially if that event or situation is an unpleasant one.
  • control bus — (architecture)   In a digital computer, the signal paths that carry commands from the instruction decode logic to various different functional units such as the ALU, memory address register, memory data register and other buffers. Named by analogy with the address bus and data bus, each of which carries a set of related signals, the signals carried by the control bus are more independent. Some might include other signals such as timing (clock) and status under the term, further reducing its similarity to other busses.
  • contubernal — occupying the same tent
  • conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
  • convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
  • cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
  • cotton bush — any of various downy chenopodiaceous shrubs, esp Kochia aphylla, which is used to feed livestock
  • counterbase — a double bass
  • counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
  • counterblow — a retaliatory blow
  • counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
  • counterbore — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • counterbuff — a retaliatory blow
  • coupon bond — a bond, usually a bearer bond, that pays interest by means of coupons with specific cash values.
  • cuff button — the button for a shirt cuff.
  • cumulonimbi — Plural form of cumulonimbus.
  • cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
  • cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
  • cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
  • debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
  • double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
  • doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
  • fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
  • golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
  • 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.
  • haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
  • haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
  • incubations — Plural form of incubation.
  • knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
  • knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
  • locust bean — carob.
  • lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
  • lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
  • monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
  • multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
  • musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
  • obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
  • obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • obscuration — the act of obscuring.
  • obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
  • obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
  • obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
  • on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
  • outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
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