11-letter words containing g, u, n, b, o
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- misdoubting — Present participle of misdoubt.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
- nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nubian goat — one of a breed of large, long-eared North African goats having a Roman nose and predominantly brown or black hair: noted for their rich milk.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
- objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outbuilding — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- shogun bond — a bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- thingumabob — thingamajig.
- tuning knob — a knob or dial on a radio used to tune into different stations
- unabrogated — not abrogated, revoked, or annulled
- unambiguous — not ambiguous, or unclear; distinct; unequivocal: The object of the experiment was to reach an unambiguous conclusion about climate change.
- unbelonging — something that belongs.
- unforgeable — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- unignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unignorably — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- unlabouring — not labouring
- unobligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- unobserving — not observing
- young blood — youthful people.