12-letter words containing b, u, n, a
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- illusionable — Liable to illusion.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- inaudibility — not audible; incapable of being heard.
- incalculable — very numerous or great.
- incalculably — very numerous or great.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- incunabulist — a person who specialises in incunabula, a collector of incunabula
- incurability — The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
- india rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.