12-letter words containing b, u, t, e
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- in (the) bud — in the time of budding
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- inner-tubing — tubing (def 4).
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- intertubular — Between tubes or tubules.
- irrebuttable — incapable of being rebutted or refuted.
- jitterbugged — Simple past tense and past participle of jitterbug.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- just because — for the sole reason that
- just the job — If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
- last but one — next to last
- latex rubber — rubber used to make many products such as gloves, condoms, etc, and which is made from latex, a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants
- league table — competitive ranking
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- metal lumber — a brand of sheet metal pressed and welded together to form joists and studding.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).