11-letter words containing b, u, l, r, o
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- 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.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.
- retrobulbar — situated behind the eyeball.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- round table — conference, meeting
- round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scrobicular — of or relating to the smooth areas on a sea urchin surrounding its nodules
- slumbersome — tired; sleepy
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- subacromial — the outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade.
- subarboreal — living or thriving under trees
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
- toolbuilder — Tool Builder Kit
- tourbillion — a whirlwind or something resembling a whirlwind.
- tribulation — grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
- trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
- trolley bus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
- troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- tubiflorous — tubuliflorous.
- tumble over — If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement.
- umbratilous — shadowy; faint