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

  • multimember — (in a system of proportional representation) indicating or relating to a constituency which returns more than one member in an election
  • mumble mode — (jargon)   The mode a program, piece of hardware, or other system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "off the trolley" and "deep space".
  • mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
  • mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
  • musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • mussel crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels.
  • mutableness — The quality of being mutable.
  • number line — a straight line on which there is indicated a one-to-one correspondence between points on the line and the set of real numbers.
  • numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
  • numbskulled — (informal) stupid.
  • perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
  • preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • publishment — publication.
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • real number — a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number.
  • remunerable — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
  • rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
  • slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
  • slumberless — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
  • slumbersome — tired; sleepy
  • subassemble — to assemble a basic unit of (a larger assembly).
  • subassembly — a structural assembly, as of electronic or machine parts, forming part of a larger assembly.
  • subdelirium — a mild delirium with lucid intervals.
  • subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
  • subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
  • sublimeness — the state or quality of being sublime
  • submergible — submersible.
  • submersible — capable of being submersed.
  • submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
  • submissible — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • submittable — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • submolecule — a part of a molecule
  • submultiple — a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder: The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.
  • subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • subumbrella — the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish.
  • swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
  • tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
  • trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
  • troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • tumble cart — a horse-drawn cart having two solid wheels.
  • tumble down — collapse, fall
  • tumble home — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
  • tumble over — If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement.
  • tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
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