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11-letter words containing b, u, t, l

  • double tide — agger (def 1).
  • double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
  • double-date — to take part in a double date.
  • double-duty — designed to fill two functions: double-duty tools.
  • double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
  • double-stop — to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
  • double-tide — Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
  • double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
  • doubtlessly — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
  • dung beetle — any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung.
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
  • ebulliently — overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
  • ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.
  • educability — capable of being educated.
  • entablature — A horizontal, continuous lintel on a classical building supported by columns or a wall, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
  • equilibrant — a force capable of balancing another force and producing equilibrium
  • equilibrate — Bring into or keep in equilibrium.
  • equilibrist — An acrobat who performs balancing feats, especially a tightrope walker.
  • equilibrity — the state of being in equilibrium
  • eubacterial — (biology) Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria.
  • exhaustible — Capable of being exhausted.
  • exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
  • fantabulous — extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.
  • fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
  • fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
  • filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
  • fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
  • floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
  • flutterball — (baseball) A type of pitch; knuckleball.
  • fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
  • full bottle — well-informed and enthusiastic about something
  • funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
  • funambulist — a tightrope walker.
  • fungibility — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • gullibility — easily deceived or cheated.
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • health club — a usually private club that offers its members facilities for exercising and physical conditioning.
  • hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
  • hurtleberry — whortleberry.
  • in the club — pregnant
  • indubitable — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • indubitably — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
  • ineluctable — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
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