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11-letter words containing h, u, b

  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • thrasybulus — died c389 b.c, Athenian patriot and general.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • touch rugby — a limited-contact version of rugby in which players seek to evade being touched (rather than tackled) while in possession of the ball
  • triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
  • troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • truth table — a table that gives the truth-values of a compound sentence formed from component sentences by means of logical connectives, as AND, NOT, or OR, for every possible combination of truth-values of the component sentences.
  • tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
  • tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
  • tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • tumble home — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • unabashedly — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
  • unabolished — not abolished or revoked
  • unbashfully — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
  • unbenighted — not overtaken by darkness or night
  • unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
  • unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
  • unblenching — not blenching or turning aside; unflinching
  • unbreathing — not breathing; holding the breath
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • unburnished — to polish (a surface) by friction.
  • uncatchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
  • uncheckable — not able to be restrained
  • unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
  • uncrushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
  • undebauched — pure
  • underbreath — a whisper
  • unhabitable — capable of being inhabited.
  • unhidebound — not having a skin covering the body
  • unhusbanded — not assisted by husbandry; not cultivated
  • uninhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
  • uninhibited — not inhibited or restricted: uninhibited freedom to act.
  • unmatchable — not capable of being matched or equalled
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