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11-letter words containing c, u, b

  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • bonus stock — shares of stock, usually common, given by a corporation as a bonus with the purchase of another class of security
  • bottle club — a so-called club in which patrons, nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
  • bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
  • brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
  • brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
  • bread sauce — a milk sauce thickened with breadcrumbs and served with roast poultry, esp chicken
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • brick-built — made of bricks
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
  • brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
  • brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • brute force — physical strength, power
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bucaramanga — a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)
  • buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
  • buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
  • buck rabbit — Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top
  • buck's fizz — Buck's Fizz is a drink made by mixing champagne or another fizzy white wine with orange juice.
  • buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
  • bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
  • bucket list — a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies
  • bucket seat — A bucket seat is a seat for one person in a car or aeroplane which has rounded sides that partly enclose and support the body.
  • bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • buckjumping — a competitive event for buckjumpers in a rodeo
  • buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
  • buckskinned — made of buckskin
  • bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
  • bull-necked — having a short thick neck
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bumper crop — large harvest
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
  • bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
  • bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
  • bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
  • bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
  • bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
  • bureaucracy — A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • burn center — a specialized medical facility that provides comprehensive care for patients with burn injuries.
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