11-letter words containing b, o, u, n
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground beef — meat: minced beef
- groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- honor bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
- honor-bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- housebroken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- hunt button — a button engraved with the insignia of one's hunt and worn on the coat and vest as part of the hunt uniform.
- immune body — antibody
- in/into bud — When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud, it has buds on it.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- indubiously — Synonym of without a doubt.
- inobtrusive — unobtrusive.
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- journal box — a box or housing for a journal and its bearing.
- 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.
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- locust bean — carob.
- 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.
- 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.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- minute book — a book in which the minutes of a meeting are recorded
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- mobile unit — a vehicle supplied with the basic equipment or materials necessary for a particular purpose, as for televising on location or being used as an x-ray or inoculation clinic.
- 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
- moore bound — An upper limit on the number of nodes in a regular graph of degree d>2 and diameter k:
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- mossbunkers — Plural form of mossbunker.
- mount tabor — a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)