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12-letter words containing b, u, s, t

  • black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • blastulation — the process of blastula formation
  • blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
  • blister rust — a disease of certain pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium, causing swellings on the bark from which orange masses of spores are released
  • blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
  • blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
  • blue helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
  • blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
  • blue thistle — blueweed (def 1).
  • blue-singlet — working-class
  • blue-thistle — Also called blue thistle. a bristly weed, Echium vulgare, of the borage family, having showy blue flowers, a native of Europe naturalized in the U.S.
  • blues guitar — blues guitar music
  • bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
  • boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
  • boom-or-bust — boom-and-bust.
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
  • bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
  • bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
  • brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
  • brontosaurus — any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
  • brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
  • buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
  • 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 mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
  • bull thistle — a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
  • bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
  • burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
  • burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • bus topology — bus
  • bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
  • bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
  • bushfighting — fighting in the bush
  • 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.
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