11-letter words containing e, b, a, u
- 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.
- bungstarter — a mallet for loosening or removing the bung of a cask.
- bunyanesque — of immense size or stature, as ascribed to Paul Bunyan or to the other characters, exploits, etc., in the legends about him.
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- bureaucracy — A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
- bust a move — go, leave
- busy beaver — (theory) (BB) One of a series of sets of Turing Machine programs. The BBs in the Nth set are programs of N states that produce a larger finite number of ones on an initially blank tape than any other program of N states. There is no program that, given input N, can deduce the productivity (number of ones output) of the BB of size N. The productivity of the BB of size 1 is 1. Some work has been done to figure out productivities of bigger Busy Beavers - the 7th is in the thousands.
- but and ben — a two-roomed cottage consisting of an outer room or kitchen (but) and an inner room (ben)
- butter bean — Butter beans are the yellowish flat round seeds of a kind of bean plant. They are eaten as a vegetable, and in Britain they are usually sold dried rather than fresh.
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
- butter tart — a kind of tart made with butter, brown sugar, and raisins
- butterbread — bread spread with butter.
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cabbage bug — harlequin bug
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburetter — Alternative spelling of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- casus belli — an event or act used to justify a war
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.