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12-letter words containing l, u, b, r, i

  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
  • bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
  • bull terrier — A bull terrier is a breed of strong dog with a short, whitish coat and a thick neck.
  • bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
  • bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)
  • burrillville — a town in N Rhode Island.
  • burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
  • cherubically — In a cherubic way.
  • child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
  • child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
  • chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
  • chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
  • circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
  • circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
  • cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
  • cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
  • colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
  • configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
  • crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
  • cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
  • cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
  • debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
  • destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
  • disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
  • disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
  • disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
  • double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
  • double first — a first in two subjects.
  • ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
  • equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
  • equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
  • equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
  • equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
  • equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
  • equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
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