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11-letter words containing b, u, l, e, m

  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • debut album — the first album produced by a particular singer or band
  • demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
  • denumerable — capable of being put into a one-to-one correspondence with the positive integers; countable
  • denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
  • 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.
  • double demy — a size of printing paper, 22½ × 35 inches (57 × 89 cm).
  • double dome — an intellectual; egghead.
  • double jump — Chess. the advance of a pawn, in its original move only, from its initial position on the second rank to the fourth without stopping at the intervening square.
  • double room — double (def 13).
  • double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
  • double-dome — an intellectual; egghead.
  • double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
  • double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
  • dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
  • equilibrium — A state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
  • funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
  • illuminable — capable of being illuminated.
  • implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
  • impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
  • innumerable — very numerous.
  • innumerably — very numerous.
  • jumble sale — rummage sale.
  • lambrequins — Plural form of lambrequin.
  • lime burner — a person who makes lime by burning or calcining limestone, shells, etc.
  • lumber mill — factory where timber is processed
  • lumber room — a room in a house used for storing odds-and-ends, especially old furniture.
  • lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
  • lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
  • lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
  • lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
  • mandibulate — having mandibles.
  • maneuvrable — Alternative form of maneuverable.
  • manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
  • measureable — Misspelling of measurable.
  • mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
  • melba sauce — a clear raspberry sauce, used especially as a dessert topping.
  • melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
  • microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
  • microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
  • 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.
  • mobuto lake — Lake Albert.
  • molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
  • mossbluiter — the bittern
  • mouse elbow — (jargon, medical)   A tennis-elbow-like fatigue syndrome resulting from excessive use of a WIMP. Similarly, "mouse shoulder". GLS reports that he used to get this a lot before he taught himself to be ambimoustrous.
  • multibarrel — a gun having more than one barrel
  • multibladed — having multiple blades
  • multilobate — having or comprised of several lobes
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