11-letter words containing n, o, b, u, i
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- concubinage — cohabitation without legal marriage
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- concubitant — a person obliged to marry another, esp a woman obliged to marry her husband's brother on her husband's death
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- connubially — As in marriage.
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contributor — You can use contributor to refer to one of the causes of an event or situation, especially if that event or situation is an unpleasant one.
- conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
- convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- cumulonimbi — Plural form of cumulonimbus.
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- do business — trade
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
- ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.
- fibrousness — The state or quality of being fibrous.
- fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- fusion bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- 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.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- 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.
- immune body — antibody
- in/into bud — When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud, it has buds on it.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- indubiously — Synonym of without a doubt.
- inobtrusive — unobtrusive.
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).