11-letter words containing d, u, l
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull fiddle — double bass
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- bull-necked — having a short thick neck
- bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
- bulldogging — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- bullet wood — the wood of a bully tree.
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bush ballad — an old Australian bush poem in a ballad metre dealing with aspects of life and characters in the bush
- butterfield — William. 1814–1900, British architect of the Gothic Revival; his buildings include Keble College, Oxford (1870) and All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849–59)
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chilled out — relaxed
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- close round — to encircle; surround
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- cloud cover — the state of the sky when it is covered with cloud
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.