11-letter words containing l, o, b, u
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- mobile unit — a vehicle supplied with the basic equipment or materials necessary for a particular purpose, as for televising on location or being used as an x-ray or inoculation clinic.
- mobuto lake — Lake Albert.
- molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- mossbluiter — the bittern
- mouse elbow — (jargon, medical) A tennis-elbow-like fatigue syndrome resulting from excessive use of a WIMP. Similarly, "mouse shoulder". GLS reports that he used to get this a lot before he taught himself to be ambimoustrous.
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multilobate — having or comprised of several lobes
- mumble mode — (jargon) The mode a program, piece of hardware, or other system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "off the trolley" and "deep space".
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musical box — music box.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
- neurofibril — a fibril of a nerve cell.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- non-audible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- non-bilious — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- nonbuilding — Not being or pertaining to a building.
- nonburnable — incapable of being burned, not combustible
- nondurables — Plural form of nondurable.
- nonreusable — not capable of being reused
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
- obliqueness — The characteristic of being oblique.
- obliquities — Plural form of obliquity.
- obliquitous — the state of being oblique.
- obliviously — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outbuilding — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- overblouses — Plural form of overblouse.
- oxford blue — a dark blue colour
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- photo album — bound book for photos
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.