11-letter words containing b, u, k
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pickup tube — camera tube.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pop-up book — book: illustrations open out
- pukka sahib — (in British India) a term of respectful address used to British colonial authorities.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- rebukefully — in a rebukeful manner
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rubber duck — duck-shaped bath toy
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- stick-built — built piece-by-piece at the construction site, as opposed to factory-built.
- strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- subnotebook — a laptop computer smaller and lighter than a notebook, typically weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3 kg).
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- telukbetung — a port on SE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- truckle bed — a low bed moving on casters, usually pushed under another bed when not in use.
- trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
- tuning knob — a knob or dial on a radio used to tune into different stations
- unbeknownst — unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed by to).
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- unbreakable — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- uncheckable — not able to be restrained
- undrinkable — suitable for drinking.
- unrevokable — that may be revoked.
- unshakeable — person, faith: firm
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- unspeakable — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- unspeakably — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- unthinkable — inconceivable; unimaginable: the unthinkable size of the universe.
- untrackable — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
- wilkinsburg — a borough in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.