11-letter words containing b, u, c, o
- bottle club — a so-called club in which patrons, nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
- bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
- bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
- brute force — physical strength, power
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- 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.
- bumper crop — large harvest
- 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
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- cerebellous — of or relating to the cerebellum
- cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- church book — any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- club-footed — a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
- code number — a number used to identify something
- cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.