11-letter words containing b, u
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- back-mutate — to undergo back mutation.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- baconburger — a hamburger topped with strips of cooked bacon.
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- baculovirus — any of a family of viruses that attack insects and other arthropods, used as biological pesticides
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bagna cauda — a dip made from garlic, anchovies, butter, and olive oil, usually served hot over a spirit burner, with raw vegetables
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- balance lug — a lugsail having a portion of its area forward of the mast and having a long foot, often with a boom.
- balance out — If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect.
- balefulness — The characteristic of being baleful.
- ball-buster — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- banana plug — a small single-conductor electrical plug having a curved metal spring along its shank forming a clip to hold it in its socket
- banana slug — a large, bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk, Ariolimax columbianus, of the northwestern forests of North America: the second largest slug in the world.
- bananaquits — Plural form of bananaquit.
- bancassurer — a bank that sells insurance products
- bandy about — If someone's name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way.
- banefulness — The state or quality of being baneful.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- barbaresque — (particularly of art) stylistically barbaric
- barbarously — uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
- barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- bareknuckle — (of a prizefight, prizefighter, etc.) without boxing gloves; using the bare fists.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- baroqueness — The state or condition of being baroque.
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barracoutas — Plural form of barracouta.
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barrel cuff — a single cuff on a tailored sleeve, formed by a band of material and usually fastened by a button.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- base clause — the initial element of a recursive definition, that defines the first element of the infinite sequence generated thereby
- base runner — any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.