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11-letter words containing o, d, e, u

  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
  • boundedness — the quality of being bounded
  • bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
  • broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
  • broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
  • bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
  • buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
  • buenos dias — good day; good morning
  • bullet wood — the wood of a bully tree.
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • butenedioic — designating a type of acid
  • buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
  • buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • carduaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Carduaceae, a subfamily of composite plants that includes the thistle
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
  • chilled out — relaxed
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
  • clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
  • clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
  • cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
  • close round — to encircle; surround
  • closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
  • closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
  • cloud cover — the state of the sky when it is covered with cloud
  • cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
  • cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
  • cloudlessly — Without clouds.
  • cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
  • club-footed — a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.
  • cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
  • co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
  • coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
  • code number — a number used to identify something
  • coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
  • colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
  • cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
  • cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
  • cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
  • colour code — a system of easily distinguishable colours, as for the identification of electrical wires or resistors
  • colourbreed — to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour
  • columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
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