11-letter words containing b, u, n, c, e
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- locust bean — carob.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- necker cube — a line drawing showing the 12 edges of a transparent cube, so that it can be seen alternately facing in two different directions: an example of an ambiguous figure
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- 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.
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- scrub nurse — a nurse specially trained to assist surgeons in the operating room and serving as part of the surgically clean medical team handling instruments during an operation.
- sub-economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdecision — a decision secondary to a main decision
- subeconomic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
- sublicensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a sublicense is granted.
- submergence — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
- subsentence — a part of a sentence which can stand by itself as a sentence
- subsequence — a sequence obtained from a given sequence by selecting terms from it and placing them in the order in which they occur in it.
- subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- unaccusable — not able to be accused or blamed
- unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
- unbeneficed — lacking a benefice
- unblenching — not blenching or turning aside; unflinching
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- uncatchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- uncheckable — not able to be restrained
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- uncleanable — the ability to be cleaned, especially easily or without damage: fabrics rated for their cleanability.
- unclimbable — impossible to climb
- unclubbable — not acceptable as a person with whom one can enjoy good fellowship; socially unappealing.
- uncombative — not combative or confrontational
- uncountable — not countable; incapable of having the total precisely ascertained: uncountable colonies of bacteria; uncountable kindnesses and small favors.
- uncrossable — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.