11-letter words containing c, u, b
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pickup tube — camera tube.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the general interests of the people at large or of the whole community.
- public debt — national debt.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- public good — benefit of all people
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quebec city — French Canadian capital
- quebecoises — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recuperable — capable of recuperation
- relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rubber duck — duck-shaped bath toy
- rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.