11-letter words containing b, u, e, n
- but and ben — a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen (but) and an inner room (ben)
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- butter bean — Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- code number — a number used to identify something
- concludable — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- conquerable — Capable of being conquered or subdued.
- construable — that can be construed
- consumables — goods intended to be bought, used, and replaced, esp materials needed for computers and photocopiers
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
- cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
- 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
- crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.