11-letter words containing b, u, l, e, t, o
- double duty — designed to fill two functions: double-duty tools.
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- 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 knot — any of various knots that are reinforced with a second tying
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- double tide — agger (def 1).
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double-date — to take part in a double date.
- double-duty — designed to fill two functions: double-duty tools.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-stop — to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- 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-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.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
- doubtlessly — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.
- fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- full bottle — well-informed and enthusiastic about something
- gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- locust bean — carob.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- 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.
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- multilobate — having or comprised of several lobes
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- obliquities — Plural form of obliquity.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards