12-letter words containing b, u, c, e, l
- 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-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- double-quick — very quick or rapid.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- dutch belted — one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands, having a broad white band encircling the body.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- incalculable — very numerous or great.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- knuckle ball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive