11-letter words containing b, u, n, t
- inturbidate — to make turbid
- inutterable — unutterable.
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- kibbutzniks — Plural form of kibbutznik.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- lactalbumin — the simple protein of milk, obtained from whey, used in the preparation of certain foods and in adhesives and varnishes.
- lenard tube — an early cathode-ray tube having at the end opposite the cathode a window of thin glass or metal allowing cathode rays (Lenard rays) to pass out into the atmosphere.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- locust bean — carob.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- lutine bell — the salvaged bell from the wrecked British warship Lutine, hung in the insurance office of Lloyd's of London and traditionally rung before announcements of ships overdue or lost at sea.
- mandibulate — having mandibles.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- minute book — a book in which the minutes of a meeting are recorded
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- 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.
- moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
- mount tabor — a mountain in N Israel, near Nazareth: traditionally regarded as the mountain where the Transfiguration took place. Height: 588 m (1929 ft)
- mountbatten — Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900–79, British naval commander; great-grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War II he was supreme allied commander in SE Asia (1943–46). He was the last viceroy of India (1947) and governor general (1947–48); killed by an IRA bomb
- mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
- moxibustion — (in Eastern medicine) the burning of moxa on or near a person’s skin as a counterirritant.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- munsterberg — Hugo [hyoo-goh;; German hoo-goh] /ˈhyu goʊ;; German ˈhu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1916, German psychologist and philosopher in the U.S.
- mutableness — The quality of being mutable.
- mutton bird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- muttonbirds — Plural form of muttonbird.
- native bush — indigenous forest
- neural tube — a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north-bound — going toward the north: northbound traffic.
- northumbria — an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
- nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obfuscation — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.