11-letter words containing b, u, i
- lutine bell — the salvaged bell from the wrecked British warship Lutine, hung in the insurance office of Lloyd's of London and traditionally rung before announcements of ships overdue or lost at sea.
- mandibulate — having mandibles.
- manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulably — In a manipulable way.
- maraboutism — Support for marabouts (Muslim holy men or mystics).
- mare nubium — (Sea of Clouds) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 95,000 sq. mi. (245,000 sq. km).
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- minangkabau — a member of an Indonesian people native to west-central Sumatra.
- minute book — a book in which the minutes of a meeting are recorded
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- misnumbered — a numeral or group of numerals.
- 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.
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- moxibustion — (in Eastern medicine) the burning of moxa on or near a person’s skin as a counterirritant.
- multibarrel — a gun having more than one barrel
- multibladed — having multiple blades
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multilobate — having or comprised of several lobes
- multimember — (in a system of proportional representation) indicating or relating to a constituency which returns more than one member in an election
- musical box — music box.
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- native bush — indigenous forest
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neurofibril — a fibril of a nerve cell.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- non-abusive — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- non-audible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- non-bilious — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- non-obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
- nonbusiness — Not a business, or unrelated to business.
- northumbria — an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
- nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nullifiable — Able, or allowed to be nullified.
- number line — a straight line on which there is indicated a one-to-one correspondence between points on the line and the set of real numbers.
- number sign — a symbol (#) for “number” or “numbered”: item #8 on the list.
- nursing bra — a bra for breastfeeding mothers which provides additional support and has cups that can be folded down so the infant can be fed without the mother having to remove the bra
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.