12-letter words containing i, n, d, u, b
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- in (the) bud — in the time of budding
- inaudibility — not audible; incapable of being heard.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- india rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- inducibility — the quality or condition of being inducible
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- infundibulum — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- mind-numbing — If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- un-inducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.