11-letter words containing b, u, i
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- dirt dauber — mud dauber.
- disburdened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburden.
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- discussible — Alternative spelling of discussable.
- disemburden — to remove a burden from (someone or something)
- disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- dissuadable — That can be dissuaded.
- distribuend — something that is distributed
- distributed — (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the (sh) in show in contrast to the (s) in so.
- distributee — Law. a person who shares in a decedent estate.
- distributer — a person or thing that distributes.
- distributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute.
- distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- do business — trade
- do your bit — contribute
- dog biscuit — a hard biscuit for dogs, usually containing ground meat, bones, etc.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double bill — presentation: two films
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double life — If you say that someone is living a double life, you mean that they lead two separate and very different lives, and they appear to be a different person in each.
- double tide — agger (def 1).
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- double-bill — to bill (different accounts) for the same charge: He double-billed different clients for the same business trip.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- double-tide — Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- ebulliently — overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
- ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.