12-letter words containing b, u, s, t, e
- buffer state — A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries.
- buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
- bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
- burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
- butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
- butter sauce — a sauce made of melted butter, often diluted with water, sometimes thickened with flour or egg yolk, or both, and seasoned with lemon juice.
- butterscotch — Butterscotch is a hard yellowish-brown sweet made from butter and sugar boiled together.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- computer bus — bus
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- dishabituate — to cause to be no longer habituated or accustomed.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- distributees — Plural form of distributee.
- distributers — a person or thing that distributes.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- entablatures — Plural form of entablature.